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02-28-2022, 05:02 PM | #3 | ||||||
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Show us pictures. Maybe the sleeving did no damage to the value.
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02-28-2022, 07:23 PM | #4 | ||||||
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Do you mean Westley Richards sleeved the gun?
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02-28-2022, 08:00 PM | #5 | ||||||
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to me it would not hurt the gun at all....charlie
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02-28-2022, 09:58 PM | #6 | ||||||
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Yes your right sorry I missed spelled I have the original ticket from us customs where it went too England
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03-01-2022, 06:16 AM | #7 | ||||||
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I have a Parker that started life as a GH with Damascus barrels, pistol grip and splinter forearm. Some time in the past it was sent to Westly Richards. It now features sleeved barrels, ejectors, English straight stock and beaver tail forearm. Also has Briley thin chokes. It has no collector value but it's a heck of a shooter.
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03-01-2022, 07:35 AM | #8 | ||||||
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That is an interesting piece. Sending something overseas to have barrel work done would have been a nice expense. Someone really knew what they wanted.
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03-01-2022, 08:46 AM | #9 | ||||||
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I have an early GH that started life with Damascus barrels that was sleeved at some point. I’m not lucky enough to have a well known maker like Wesley Richards on mine but when my gunsmith looked the gun over before accepting it he said it was done really well. Also interesting someone ground the rib and re-engraved it to say Parker Spec Steel instead of Damascus. It now also has thin wall chokes and a restock and makes a great shooter. Killed a lot of clays and even a few pheasants with it.
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Some might find it odd putting British barrels on a American double but arent the majority of our damascus guns sporting Belgium made barrels ? I recently heard a British museum curator put it best "Dynamic history is more interesting than static history" |
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