Has the market for average Parkers bottomed???

[charlie cleveland]

your dad was a rightous man...charlie

[BRDHNTR]

Charlie, he was s wonderful dad. He died at age 56 from ALS, Lou Gherigs disease. Miss him to this day

[Craig Larter]

Thanks so much everyone for your input, many very well thought out opinions that are helpful to us all. But I still can't believe I bought a really nice DH 12/30 dam for 1500 dollars.

[Gerald McPherson]

Originally Posted by Craig Larter

Thanks so much everyone for your input, many very well thought out opinions that are helpful to us all. But I still can't believe I bought a really nice DH 12/30 dam for 1500 dollars.

Craig; I recently traded into a DH 12/28 Damascus gun. After having it cleaned by a pro and a little repair work I have 1400 in it. I am shooting clays weekly with it and doing better than I have ever did. It did take a little experimenting with different loads and I have found one it likes. I feel the $125 for the cleaning was money well spent. It may have never been taken apart and cleaned. The top lever was very slow returning to center. My advise to others is before you start shooting a 117 year old Parker get it cleaned and lubed. I shot one for several years that looked like a screw had never been turned and then one day while shooting doves it doubled about three times and cracked the stock. We never get to old to learn do we? I traded a pistol that I had $300 in and gave $700 boot. I could have bought the DH for $1200. It was priced by the shop at $1500. I was surprised to find it where it was. This may well be my last Parker purchase. But I said that before I found this one. Of all the gun deals I have done I am happiest about this one. If I had this gun 50 years ago I would have eaten a lot more quail and doves. I traded into my first Parker a VH 12/26 about 20 years ago for about $1500 so i guess the market is down. I really enjoyed that VH also. It fit me very well also. The DH is a 1 1/2 frame at about 7 lbs. Feels great. Gerald

[Bill Murphy]

I wrote a $2200 check for my AHE double Trap. The seller asked whether I also wanted his prewar Pigeon Grade Superposed for $1100. I was already running for the door and don't think I really heard him. I had told him his Parker was worth several times his asking price, but all he said was "Write the check."

[PML]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

I wrote a $2200 check for my AHE double Trap. The seller asked whether I also wanted his prewar Pigeon Grade Superposed for $1100. I was already running for the door and don't think I really heard him. I had told him his Parker was worth several times his asking price, but all he said was "Write the check."

Bill are you have 1970's flashbacks again?

PML

[Reggie B]

I think you made a heck of a good acquisition myself!

[Mills]

Wake up Bill! Wake up!

[Craig Budgeon]

Craig, I am sure that every member of this forum hopes your DH 12 remains a bargain in the future. Enjoy your good fortune, maybe the person who sold you the DH was using the money he received from you into a bigger bargain for him.

[JasonPeck]

Imagine how the prices would skyrocket if we were only allowed to keep 6 guns each, such as they do in Sweden. There is a company here in Canada that specializes in importing the "unwanted" guns from Europe. The gun shows here are flooded with low quality Swedish sporterized rifles, combo guns and European shotguns of all kinds. My personal goal is to get down to that 6 gun limit. Deciding which ones to keep is the hard part.