Hi Steve!
Thanks for the pics!! OK - first why people X out the serial numbers... There appear to be many reasons, but - the one I see most often is that someone will see a picture of your firearm - and report it as "stolen" to scam insurance companies.... Which - at first - makes you wonder.. While not being "snopes for PGCA" - fact is, insurance companies can request ATF assistance to verify the gun serial #’s (stored in FFL’s acquisitions books) and form 4473. So..... A person falsely claiming that a gun is stolen based on a serial # they saw from a picture, would start the wheels in motion including: local police/sheriffs departments, the ATF, primary distributor, 1st dealer it was sold too, 2nd dealer and or private citizen that bought it, blah. blah. Now - I don't know about you - but - I wouldn't want to be on the "wrong end" of that "chain reaction" by filing a false claim about a stolen firearm...
OK - as to "value".. Good pics BTW, thanks for sharing! When I get home (unless someone beats me to it
) - I'll see if your gun is in the Parker Serialization book, OK? If so - you can check barrel lengths and your configuration against how it was noted to have left the factory.. If that's a "go" - there are a few things I see immediately in your pictures including: plate/stock damage (as you know); the hinge pin has been replaced; the screws are not in great shape/mis-indexed (not sure about the other screws not shown in the pics?)..? All of these things take away from the "value"??
Steve, my thanks again!!
John