Buy rare, buy condition and buy early. This applies to all collector guns. The biggest "bang for the buck" is in classic Winchesters for rifles, Colts for pistols and Parkers for classic double barreled shotguns. The price or value of top condition "field" grade guns tends to be higher on Winchesters and Colts than Parkers due to the much greater demand. For every Parker collector there are at least 100 Winchester collectors and 50 Colt collectors. High grade, special ordered guns from all three makers tend to be very similarly priced or valued. As Bill said. small bore and large bore (.410, 28, and 8) parkers tend to be the highest priced when same grades are compared. The same tends to hold true for rifles and pistols. A 50/110 Winchester 86 is worth at least 3 or 4 times as much as a .33. Find an original .22 single action army and you have value multiple times over a .38. The reason is the same for all three makes. They all made a lot fewer big uns and little uns.
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