Looking for Best Collectable Parker SxS

[Ralph Meoni]

I am looking to invest in several Parker SxS guns. Would appreciate any recommendations as to which guns and reasonable price range.

[OH Osthaus]

welcome to the board

are you a hunter.shooter and will use the guns

or are you using the term "invest" as in speculation/profit


if the first - let us know how you plan to use them

if the later- buy the high grades in remarkable condition and there may be some chance to call them investments.

you can get an idea of what they sell for by following gunbroker and watching what the actually sold guns went for

[Dean Romig]

Better yet, as for high grade, high condition, small bore Parker investment values, get some recent auction catalogs from Julia's, Rock Island, Butterfield's, Morphy's, etc. and you'll see what you're looking for.




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[Ralph Meoni]

First, thanks for your replies. I just love collecting great guns so mostly will keep them in safe but may shoot once or twice.

[Bill Murphy]

Go to the March Julia auction and buy all the Parker .410s. This will be a great start. Let us know how you do.

[edgarspencer]

If you're not actually going afield and truly experiencing the gun, consider only the highest condition guns before thinking about grade or gauge. There's still hope you'll see the error of your ways, and actually get out there and shoot them.

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by edgarspencer

There's still hope you'll see the error of your ways, and actually get out there and shoot them.

Yes sir I couldn't agree more !

I used to buy stuff I didn't plan on shooting . But not any longer

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by edgarspencer

Consider only the highest condition guns before thinking about grade or gauge. There's still hope you'll see the error of your ways, and actually get out there and shoot them.

I've seen and heard that said for many, many years now from Charlie Price, Austin, and a number of others and I think the order, as I remember, is Condition, Gauge, and Grade - but there may from time to time be overriding factors that skew that order. A low condition CHE 8 gauge, or a AHE .410 in very used condition (auctioned at something like $119k) would certainly skew the order.





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[Ralph Meoni]

Yeah you're probably right about shooting and hunting. Maybe one for hunting and one for safe keeps.

[edgarspencer]

Originally Posted by Ralph Meoni

Yeah you're probably right about shooting and hunting. Maybe one for hunting and one for safe keeps.

One and one? Yeah, Your wife will really believe that. Not around here though.