Looked at a couple of Parkers down here in Georgia this afternoon

[Jawjadawg]

One is listed(by the auction house) as a 10ga G grade that turns out to be stamped with an N instead, serial number 59682. Just a little scroll engraving. No game scene. I will notify the auction house of their mistake on the listing tomorrow morning. Apparently in their minds "Good overall condition" actually equates to a set of bores with what I swear appears to be mold growing inside. TERRIBLE bores. I don't know how else to say it. It was a toss up between this Parker and a LC Smith as to which gun had the worst bores out of about 1000 guns.

The other Parker in the house is a V grade with an "added beavertail forend" - The listing says "very good overall condition with thinning blue..." No mention of the several spots of pitting on the exterior of the barrels that have been 'nearly' polished out. Nearly, but not quite.

I was excited to have a few Parkers going on the block near me, but very disappointed to find the huge discrepancy between their descriptions and the actual condition of the guns. What's the point? I'd like to give someone the benefit of the doubt by thinking they probably had too many guns to look at to actually open the action and peer down the tubes of every gun. Caveat emptor, I guess.