What Horror Is This?

[Andy]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

If you're spending $1500.00 on a Parker without knowing what you are doing, you had better have a serious Parker student standing next to you, unless you are willing to chance a $1300.00 mistake. You should not spend $5.00 on a Parker without knowing what you are doing.

Most places give a 3 day inspection which isn't enough time to get an appraisal or opinion unless you have someone near you. I'm not sure I have anyone near me in Upstate NY (or Northern PA). The other part of it is I hate to put people out and inconvenience them. I've scored some nice sub $1500 guns and a few duds but haven't been hurt too much. I would be sick to my stomach if I bought something like this gun in this thread.

[Pa SxS]

Knowledge is learned. Go to the PGCA's home page and educate yourself by studying all the links on the left. That's the place to start. Build from there by physically seeing and handling as many Parkers you can and comparing them to what you have learned from this site. I'm always learning new things I didn't know.

[Twoatlow8]

Andy, If you are in Upstate New York, you are within 5 hours max of either Brian, or Delgrego, or even Turnbull.
All these people would be able to evaluate a Parker, and inform you of any issues with it.

[Andy]

Originally Posted by Scott Janowski

Andy, If you are in Upstate New York, you are within 5 hours max of either Brian, or Delgrego, or even Turnbull.
All these people would be able to evaluate a Parker, and inform you of any issues with it.

I’ve purchased cars and had a pre-purchase inspection before taking delivery. I’m not sure how it works on a gun when you have a short window of time and these guys are all very busy. Do I call spur of the moment and ask them to evaluate it and pay them for their time? Anytime I’ve dealt with anybody who has knowledge of guns they are extremely busy but I consider it money well spent. I’ve bought a handful of Porsches and had dealerships do pre-purchase inspections and I’ve rejected a few before I took delivery based on issues. But in this case its different because I take delivery first and then have 72 hours to return it if I don’t like it.