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Originally Posted by Jim DiSpagno
Look closely at the descriptions and you will see that all the grade Parkers have barrel wall thickness' bordering on unsafe and IMHO most have been honed. The lower grade guns have acceptable thickness as does the .410s. The rest of them, I would pass on in a hurry at those estimated prices via internet bidding and would need to spend at least a full day doing my own due diligence with regards to finish and barres' shootability. Then again, if I could afford them, these particular guns would be off my radar due to buyers premium etc. and the difficulty to return them for whatever reason.
But that is just my opinion. Thanks Jim
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A most interesting comment. Considering that nominal bore diameter for a 20ga is .615, and that most of the 20 ga guns that you judge to have been honed, have bore diameters of 615 and wall thicknesses of maybe .020, how is it that they have been honed?
We have had some analysis of so called thin walls as relates to 20 ga guns here in the past. There are many 20's that left the Parker factory at .020, 023 etc, under .025, and have clearly not been honed. If a person passes on 20ga guns because of less than 025 wall thickness without regard to original bore diameters, he will be passing on a lot of fine , shootable original bore Parkers.
Julia's often has some of the finest guns in the world and has been the place to go to for the top Parkers if they are within a person's means.
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