Yeh, the claims of many sellers goes beyong the pale. Just look at, for example, some gunbroker auctions, and many parkers are "rare" or in "great original conditon" only to be found to have cut barrels or be very common. I have seen three Parkers in the past week that have cut barels according to the book, and the sellers either do not care or are dishonest and continue to list them as original. Caveat emptor
