Some of the people who bought the reproductions were buying them because they thought it was cool to have a gun that they had heard about as being desirable and knew next to nothing about Parkers otherwise and cared less.Likely that a lot of these guns will not be heard about until they change hands again as they are sitting in a cabinet somewhere to impress the dinner guests if the talk turns to guns.I just was admiring the yard of a retired stockbroker who has a couple,at least, reproductions and is quite ignorant of guns in general but likes to be thought of as a connoiseur of all things sporting. He collects Orvis rods and Hardy reels when they can be bought cheaply and has no real knowledge of either. He buys the name and isn't able to talk about variations and the details that make collecting so much fun for most of us.He has amassed quite a collection of stuff ,most of which was bought from the families of deceased clients. I think he must have 20-30 Remington 40x's and 700 varmint rifles and more other stuff than most sporting good stores. The point is none of his stuff will ever be discussed or shown on any forum even though he has lucked into some nice items.
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