You never know what you will find out there or where you will find it, I was at a show in Greensboro N.C. several years ago, and was walking down one of the rows and noticed a couple of old guns laying on the back side of a table. They were hammer guns in very bad shape. one was a parker, I asked to see the gun and was told go ahead but it is not all original, the vendor said it had pitted barrels, and someone changed the butt plate out. As I looked at the gun I could see that the old girl had seen a rough life, but the barrels did not seem to be cut, a plus! It was off face, stock cracked but original, another plus! Then I looked at the buttplate, low and behold a flying pigeon, H&D Folsom ordered trap gun! I ask how much? give me two hundred and she's yours. I paid and left in a hurry least he change his mind.Today after a trip to bachelder's she looks as new, with a Parker letter confirming dimensions, I left the bores as they were, with a little cleaning they look ok and it shoots good. Another story of a Parker saved! They are worth saving in my book! Gary
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