To restore or not?!

[Don Kaas]

An early PH 12 gauge in what sounds like very well worn condition might sell for $500-600 cash at a gunshow if the barrels are in shootable conditions (many aren't...) These guns are not rare, not very collectible but they are Parkers.

[Harry Collins]

A PH that has been handed down through the family and has little monitary value might be something to hang on to. It is worn and shiny from the hands of your ancestry. Not something I would want to hide or try to refresh. Just something you might want to think about. The rest of us have Parkers because someone in the "family" let them go. Not many here purchsed one new. For myself, I would rather have a Parker with honest wear than one that has been restored.

Kindest, Harry