A Parker that has had the barrels bobbed or choke opened to cyl/cyl was modified for a purpose no matter how ill-informed it might have been to do so. It reduces the value that would be otherwise assigned for 100% originality but does not necessarily reduce it to merely a parts gun. It will still serve someone well enough as it did for the person who modified it in the first place. Let's say the barrels were cut by 2" - 4" but still left the gun with 26" barrels... it is still a shooter for someone but not everyone. In my opinion the value has been reduced by about 25%... maybe a bit more - maybe a bit less, but still quite servicable for a specific type of shooting. There are other opinions, but that's mine.
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