Price check: 28 ga Repro

[Setter Man]

Looking for a price check for the following gun:

28 ga Repro
2-barrel set (26"-Q1/Q2 & 28"-Mod/Full)
Double triggers
English Stock
BTFE
Very high condition
original case/dust cover/snap caps

Thank you.

[Dean Romig]

WOW, nice gun!

I would say somewhere around $5.5 - $6K if it has remarkable wood... and presuming, of course, that it is a DHE.

[Chris T.]

That's a great and hard to find configuration. I think Dean's estimate is reasonable, but I wouldn't be afraid to spend a little more. Look up Kenny Graft, he'll tell you what they're selling for.

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Chris Travinski

I wouldn't be afraid to spend a little more.

Me too Chris.

[Wild Skies]

Originally Posted by Jay Gardner

Looking for a price check for the following gun:

28 ga Repro
2-barrel set (26"-Q1/Q2 & 28"-Mod/Full)
Double triggers
English Stock
BTFE
Very high condition
original case/dust cover/snap caps

Thank you.

Those that have read Ed Muderlak's "Old Reliable" book learned to be very keen when reading gun descriptions.

The case/dust cover/snap caps are described as "original". The gun is not described as original, but rather as being in "Very high condition". Does the "Very high condition" mean "100% all original very high condition" or does it mean "refinished and/or altered in any way to a very high condition"?

There is a difference. What would you rather pay good money for? An original in very high condition or a refinished/altered gun in very high condition.

[Dean Romig]

I don't see any intent on Jay's part to be misleading on this hypothetical gun.

[Brush Buster]

Just my two cents ,I agree with you Dean ,but I don't think Greg meant Jay was being misleading but possibly the seller ,if Jay was thinking of purchasing this firearm !What Greg says is correct ,be careful ,I drove nearly 6 Hours across our state this past spring to look at a repro. described exactly as this one and when I got there the Mod and Full barrels were added to the gun and also the two barrel case ! I was so dissapointed and aggravated by this that I passed on the gun which was at a much lower price than suggested here ,a decision I regret ,but very soon after the gun sold ! I don't recall the buyer ,but it was posted here so at least one of our members got it ! Again ,just my two cents ! Best ; Russ

[Dean Romig]

Good points Greg and Russ. I guess I wasn't considering a gun that is relatively new (thirty years or so) might have been cobbled together considering there are so many NIB Repros out there that we see all the time.

[Richard Flanders]

I have the same configured gun in 28ga except mine has a splinter FE and it had no canvas cover(I got one eventually), and it lost a little case coloring due to the receiver section not being wrapped properly, not wrapped at all actually, in the case for shipping - that wool felt is abrasive. I paid in the high $5K range. Mine is serial #1 and one of the NSFL series. Condition was essentially new but it had been fired.... I know that because the barrels had not been cleaned after firing and the dealer didn't even look down them to see. When I told them about that over the phone the reply was "we get a lot of guns and can't look at them all"...??.... Really???

[SXS OHIO]

I did just buy the exact gun SG-DT-BTF, great wood, case and cover. All very nice and correct, gun was fired 50 times with Q1/Q2 barrels only. Gun looks new! The seller would not move on his price of 6800.00 I dragged my feet working on this deal for 2 weeks, seller was firm!!! but I decided that this was a very scarce set and paid the price! I did get the seller to ship it at no extra cost. That's the thing about these guns, I was not the first person to find it, if it was a better price it would have been sold and I would not ever of know it existed....I have paid all the money for most of my special repro's...but I have them! I think this one was about 800.00 over my perceived price it should be....but were you gunna get one?, and be the lucky buyer to get it. Just remember what a deal the repro's are at this price! Its a brand new Parker made in Japan. No other American shotgun brand maker can come close to theme. I look for them to continue going up...in a couple years todays paid price will not matter! (-: SXS ohio