Yes Daryl. The Parker 12 ga VH could probably be brought back to life but it would take a fair investment. I didn't take any cleaning materials with me as I did not expect this old gents guns would be in such terrible rusting condition. But my guess is there would be jujst too much pitting inside and out to render the barrels unusable. And if the outside was in such bad shape I imagined the inside of the frame was no better. A real shame. He was an old duck hunter on the Cape. I had to ask him if he ever cleaned these guns. He said NO. His buddies had a hunting camp somewhere down Cape on the beach. Their hunting shack eventually disappeared in one storm. He pulled these guns out and jujst stored them away all these years. A real shame. The LC Smith was a higher grade based on all the engraving but the center rib on its barrels was rusted out and missing, the frame was just covered in rust, the stock was broken at the wrist, parts were missing etc. A real shame. His best gun was upstairs - a nice hammer gun totally complete and beautiful - but he had someone make it into a standing lamp and they had drilled through the frame! Go figure.
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