Several years ago I got a call from a fellow in Arizona trying to obtain my help in locating a decent VHE 20ga to take to an engraver he had found there who he said was going to make the V into an A-1S. He told me this was his second attempt, another engraver there had so butchered up his first V that the gun was ugly , crude and ruined. But this time he said he had found another fellow who said he could do a better job and it wouldn't cost much. I asked why he didn't just find a D 20, they were well done, had nice engraving and he could likely find a dandy one for $8000 to $10,000. His response was that was way too expensive and he thought he could end up with an A-1S clone for half that.
I was probably too polite in my response, and I sure hate to see these nice Parkers abused. Nothing wrong with a nice V grade.
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