MULLERED CHECKERING BORDER ON A REPRO

[Brett Hoop]

It’s an interesting question that could go either direction based on personal taste or how strict one’s leanings are toward original Reproduction form.

An example 28ga sold earlier this year that had mullard boarders, actual cased metal, and an oil finish, the ejector stop plate had been fixed, it brought about $4400. Now all those things shouldn’t take away from it in my view. I see them as improvements, and in truth I can’t recall why I didn’t buy it.

Those are things, I like better about Meriden Parkers. And granted an original DHE 28ga with any condition in any original barrel length is going to cost roughly 3 times +++ what a Reproduction at today’s numbers.

Somewhere here we have a thread Brian showed what can be done with a Repro. You may like the photos, but I reviewed the gun last August when he had it at Mike’s. It’s wonderful!
In my eyes because he did everything to it to make it look like a Meriden produced gun stem to stern. And that’s what I like in a Parker.

[PML]

Originally Posted by Brett Hoop

An example 28ga sold earlier this year that had mullard boarders, actual cased metal, and an oil finish, the ejector stop plate had been fixed, it brought about $4400. Now all those things shouldn’t take away from it in my view. I see them as improvements, and in truth I can’t recall why I didn’t buy it.

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Oil finish on the wood, updated checkering, and real case colors. I think everything done to this gun made it better. Both sets of barrels split the wedge in the dolls head and got the Bachelder treatment to the lug. Again, I think this made the gun better. I believe it is now used daily to shoot ducks in Texas.

PML