Refinished by remington

[Ray Masciarella]

It can only be original once but who cares if it is a nice gun. Not sure it would really affect value. I think some collectors would care. I have some friends that are Colt collectors and they make a distinction between original and factory repair/refinish and I think it affects value. But Colts aren't Parkers and it seems to me that collector attitudes aren't different between the two groups

[edgarspencer]

Would you be upset if someone sold you a gun, and told you it was original, but you later found out it was redone by Remington? I would.

To me, there is simply one definition of 'Original'. That mean's it is in the condition it was in when it left the factory when it was new, and not brought back to look like the condition it was in when it left the factory.

If you held up an as-new Meriden Parker to an as-new Remington Parker there would be even less argument.

[C.O.B.]

Originality IMHO is a one time thing.

[Bill Murphy]

In my post, I described a Remington redone gun with code stamps as "very interesting and valuable". That's a long way from "original".