Parker CHE

[Ray Masciarella]

Bruce hit the nail on the head. For reasons unknown to me, It seems case color is everything when it comes to Parkers, and to answer Craig's question, a Parker with 40% case color cannot be a 90% gun, at least according to those who rate Parkers. The originality of other components plays a factor but more to the downside rather than the upside. I could never figure out why a Parker with stocks/barrel 90% but only 40% case colors is a 40% gun?!? Anyway, that's life.

[Bill Murphy]

Although it has been mentioned that our feerless leader, Bill Mullins, wrote the Blue Book entries, readers must read all of those entries. There are many caveats and exceptions that have to be taken into account. The supplied pictures of the gun in question are like looking at collector postage stamps through a soda straw. Better pictures with enlargement capability would help us a lot to appraise the gun.