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Originally Posted by Bruce P Bruner
Interesting gun, a pre-Remington with double triggers. I viewed it early this morning. Comparing the barrel blue and remaining furniture finish it appears reasonable. Why there is no remaining case color, even in the protected areas is somewhat odd, I suppose it's possible.
Restocked? Can't possibly know without looking under the trigger guard. It looks well fit to me.
He is probably referring to the grade when he says it's a 3 frame. I had a discussion today with a member here speculating what value one could assign on it.
I like the gun but I really try to obtain nice Parker's for much less than market values. That's how I roll. If finances were of no concern I'd just buy it now.
The asking price isn't absurd, it's just more than I would pay.
The ones that get my attention have original blue on the trigger guard and the skeleton butt and lots of case color. There are some quality Parker's that have those qualities with similar pricing, though not in 16 gauge.
Without having the gun in hand it's always risky, especially when the auction terms are "AS IS - No refund or exchange".
Rare gun in that configuration. I wish I had the disposable income to to throw.
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Agree on all accounts. That's why I put this out there. One would think anyone selling a 8K shotgun would communicate with some semblance of respect. I am sure someone will come along and say "buy the gun, not the seller" but I don't subscribe to that philosophy.
I am with you, I look for things under market price to avoid being upside down but this one came close to throwing caution to the wind. Buyer beware....