I have a problem - HELP PLEASE

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Hi Tom,

"Very Nice Wood" and good uncut barrels (which are at .729" ID or close to that) are worth more than $500!

If your GH is missing hammers and other internal action parts it may cost more to return it to operable (shooting) condition than you may want to spend. Do a quick assessment:

1. Join the PGCA for $40 annually. Our magazine the Parker Pages is worth that alone!
2. Once you are a member (we take PayPal) you will be able to see the "members only" For Sale sub-forum of this site.
3. Look at the recent threads. PGCA member Kensel Rise has sold at least (2) nice GH's recently for a little over $1000. Study his photos and those of other recent sales. Condition, condition, condition, and collectability. 12 gauge GH's are pretty common so condition makes one being more collectable than another. I think that Kensel's guns were very good buys based on their condition and that his sales lasted but a couple hours each. Use those guns and prices as a market baseline for what a GH will sell for quickly.
4. Cost it out as to your $500 plus shipping, tax and so on; plus the fee to return your gun to operable condition. What will you total investment be? Trust me that is is easy, make that very easy to find yourself "upside down" in trying to salvage a Parker!
5. Is the cost near the $1000-$1200 baseline for a GH in pretty good condition? If so it is a decision you will have to make if you want to invest in something that you will later break even at.
6. If you want to get your money from the gun and perhaps a little more ("Very Nice Wood!!!") as a PGCA member you may post what you have in the for sale sub-forum.
7. You may also try to "trade-into" a Parker that doesn't need any work.

What frame size is your gun? That is the number stamped into the bottom of the barrel lug. Many PGCA members such as me have parts, parts guns, and project guns. I have a DH project that needs either a a good stock or I need to pass on to another member. Notice I stated "member". I can easily sell Parker parts at a gunshow or on Gun Broker or EBay. I'd rather help a fellow PGCA member.

I hope this helps! Please consider joining the PGCA.

Mark