Best Hammerless Parker Grade value for your $'s

[Stan Hillis]

Originally Posted by CraigThompson

Best Buy has to do with what a person deems it to mean . You have your definition , I have mine and others have theirs . Yours is no more the end all than mine or anyone else’s .

My, my. It would appear that I unintentionally stepped on your toes. Nowhere did I insinuate that my opinion is the "end all", nor has that ever entered my mind. When you start qualifying every comment you make here with the abbreviation "IMO", it'll be an indication that maybe you understand that it is what most of us mean, when we comment on something like this.

And, just to make it easier for you to cipher through all this hard to understand stuff, if I ever do mean that what I'm stating is the "end all", I'll say so. But, you probably shouldn't hold your breath until that happens.

[mobirdhunter]

Interesting reading how folks interpreted the question so differently. I thought the original question was about what was the best value for someone currently seeking to by a Parker (not what any of us got the best deal on or liked the best for what we paid for it).

Looking at the market, 12s certainly command lower prices than small bores (and perhaps 10s), and there are more of them. It seems to me that VH 12s are not that much lower in price than GH 12s, and with the added engraving, better wood, etc. I'd have to say that currently the best value in a Parker hammerless would be a GH 12 (with 30 inch Damascus barrels).