More parker info

[Opening Day]

Looking at the pics, very nice case coloring overall nice gun, I can't remember the price ( I am sure others have given you an idea of price) but it looks to be a buy to me. Eric

[Bill Murphy]

It is a gun that any of us would be interested in buying. If you buy it, I would make an offer on the grip cap. It is just my kind of grip cap. Wait a minute. UPDATE, UPDATE. I went back to the original thread and looked closely at the picture of the breech section. I can see a sleeve line. I think the gun is sleeved. If it is a very good sleeve job, the gun's value may be ??? Anyone have an opinion? I think a nice gun like this with well sleeved barrels may be worth $1200. I would rather have the original Damascus for about $1600, but the sleeved gun still has value, but less than if original. I just went back and looked at the picture again and I can't see the sleeve line. I don't know what to think. Mike just has to look at the breech area with a good magnifier to determine what he is looking at. It is almost impossible to hide a sleeve line from a good magnifier.

[Dean Romig]

Bill, I have some old ivory that you can have a cap made from if you are not able to buy that one. But first I would want a letter on the gun to be sure that the ivory cap isn't original and special ordered.

[kolhoznik]

Well I have going to buy the shotgun tomorrow. The seller agreed to $1800 with the luggage case. Does anyone know a good person to take this shotgun to in the Chattanooga, TN area to get it checked out?

[Smoothebore]

The Parker Gunsmith of choice down there would be Bill Schwarz in North Georgia. I can't find his address. He's somewhere in the mountains. He can be reached at 706-276-7668.

Dave