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Parker 30" 20 bores are all special guns. The one in question appears to have had some restoration work done. Case colors are not original and the wood looks to have had some work as well. But it would be a fine shooter assuming the barrels are good.
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My money says it's all been re-done and that the case colors are certainly not original. I just read the excellent article on case colors in the archived spring or summer issue of PP 2015 that shows photos of re-done coloring. I'm guessing by the pattern and floor plate in particular it's a recolor. For the money would make a nice field gun.
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Cyanide case colors are not original. The quality of the walnut is correct for a VHE but it looks to have been restocked and the forend has at least been re-checkered.
This gun has no safety so it's pretty likely the interest in it will be limited but the barrel length may make up for that. .
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Ah, I missed the no saftey issue. That would be a deal killer for me. I'm too old and clumbsy to be handling a gun with no saftey anywhere but a shooting range.
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30" barrels, tapered rib, no safety, serial number possibly low enough for a letter with order book information, what's not to like? Oh, the price.
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No safety doesn’t bother me . But I doubt I’d hunt with this gun if I owned it . I have a pair of DH 12 pigeon guns that left the factory safetyless and I really enjoy shooting them in the pigeon ring , at sporting and at pheasant tower shoots . If I have one at a tower shoot I usually stand waiting with the gun cracked open loaded with the muzzle resting on my toes , when a bird comes I lift it close it and go on with the program no harm no foul .
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The chokes in this gun if they actually are M/M would make me reconsider , I’d be more comfortable with M/F or even more so with F/F !
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The gun has been refinished. Cyanide case colors, reblack on the barrels and stock refinished with checkering recut. But a nice looking gun and would be a great shooter.
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