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Unread 03-21-2021, 10:52 AM   #1
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The biggest Parker Mistake I ever made was not figuring out how to afford one and then not taking the sellers name and contact info. ! I was walking the aisles at the Pennsylvania Gun Collectors Gun Show years ago when it was still in Monroeville Pa. when I glance a few aisles across and see a Fellow carrying a Parker as if he's trying to peddle it ! So ,I yelled across to him and we met at the end of the aisle and to my shock he had a CHE 28 Gauge with 32" barrels !!!!!!! The first thing out of his mouth was something like this if you don't have 25 Grand , a 67 Corvette or an acre of property in the mountains don't even bother looking at it ! At that time ,I couldn't have come up with 25 G's without a second mortage on my Place , the 67 Vette was totally out but I did have some property but after listening to this guys BS for an hour I decided I didn't want him living anywhere near me ! Today , it would be quietly resting in my Safe !
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Today , it would be quietly resting in my Safe !
Russ, this is assuming you didn't use it to shoot your neighbor, yes?

Sometimes it's a big mistake just to start talking to a guy like you describe.
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The biggest mistake I made is not buying all the smallbore (20 & 28) Parkers I ran into back in the 70's and 80's when I had the chance.
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