Completed Gunbroker auction Parker VH #143000

Jawjadawg · 03-09-2013, 06:41 PM

I started watching this auction as soon as it came online. 14 day auction that started slowly but picked up some nice late action. I am new to Parkers, but I thought this gun looked like a really nice piece. I wonder who picked it up. My thought was that it was either restored, OR that the original owner might have protected the gun due to its nice round serial number #143000. I was hoping to bid on it, but forgot and wouldn't have approached the selling price anyway.

Anyway, now that this auction is complete, is it okay to ask opinions on the gun? Original or refinished? I have no skill at identifying the nuances of Parker stocks and thought this might be a good one from which to learn a few things.

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=329785361

Big Friend Ten (BFT) · 03-09-2013, 06:44 PM

I think it has been restored. The blues in the case colors look too deep. Also the wood looks 100%

Double Lab · 03-09-2013, 06:51 PM

I agree with Mark.

Jawjadawg · 03-09-2013, 06:53 PM

One thing I just noticed for the first time are the weep holes on the bottom of the barrels. Am I correct that a Parker factory gun of that vintage would not have those weep holes when it left the factory? Did a single weep hole appear on the bottom of Ilion barrels?

Opening Day · 03-10-2013, 12:10 AM

It's a nice refinished gun, stock, barrels and receiver. Nice shooter

B. Dudley · 03-10-2013, 06:31 AM

I too was watching this gun. The whole thing has been restored. Not a bad job for a shooter. There are many things about I that are not correct. The white line pad. The colors on the frame are not correct, but those will fade in time. And the checkering is borderless, which is not correct. It is also fully pointed by the looks of it, also not correct.

BRDHNTR · 03-10-2013, 09:12 AM

Wasn't that a VHE? Didn't we see the ejectors and 2 screws on the underside/fore end latching?

Bill Murphy · 03-10-2013, 09:28 AM

VHE, blued safety button. But the pad?? We know what it is, we just have a hard time equating the pad with the price.

Jawjadawg · 03-10-2013, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

VHE, blued safety button. But the pad?? We know what it is, we just have a hard time equating the pad with the price.

Exactly. I love following no reserve auctions for the knowledge you gain on current value. It is a nice looking gun that I had pegged a good bit less than the final price, BUT I also hadn't seen it as having ejectors. Ejectors are such a wildcard in terms of value because so many people value them differently. They don't add much in my book, but some other people seem to be about collecting ejectors as much as the guns themselves. That said, an auction doesn't reach those heights with just one interested bidder. There were obviously at least a couple of people who wanted to add the gun to their collection. I definitely think it is an appealing gun, and the round serial number might have helped to generate interest.

Andy Kelley · 03-10-2013, 09:26 AM

Agree the blackness could also be due to a torch. Last time at Orvis Manchester their gunsmith Jordan Smith showed me a Parker frame that had been exposed to a torch in a clumsy attempt to give some color to a worn out fame. The repointing of the checkering looks as old as yesterday.A nice shooter but I don't think it was a loss not to have bid. Nicer Parker's have been offered on this site at a much better value and you are not dealing with an unknown. Andy