Price check: 20 ga VHE

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Originally Posted by Jay Gardner

This is an interesting prediciment. Presented with an opportunity to buy a 20 ga V with straight stock and 28" barrels for $2,800 I would jump in a heartbeat. In addition to the diserable configuration, there is probably nothing that could not be hunted with that gun and if I could have only one SxS it would probably be that gun (talking real world here, not English guns). However, the gun in question is a #1 frame 20 that is pushing 7 lbs when loaded - not a terribly practicle or verstatile gun and I think a lot of the value is probably based on it being collectable. However, it's been re-finished andthere goes the collectability.

Based on the contents of the letter, I believe this gun was built specifically for the pigeon rings and/or duck marshes of California. Regardless, it's a pretty specialized gun probably best suited today for clays, phez, and ducks over decoys. Perhaps I am trying to justify a lower offer but that's why I ask.

Any additional thoughts?

JDG

-- It would be a great pass shooting dove gun- 32" barrels most likely balance better on a size 1 frame- But in my late granddad's day- box birds were always a 12 gauge game- due to the amount of sinero on the line- a 12 will always outperform a 20, just as a 20 will outperform a .410--Has the Parker market gotten softer this year, compared to 2008, when the 'sky was the limit? Boy Howdy- I look at the ads and prices Jay Schacter (sic) is asking for his high-end guns on GI and other sites and you wouldn't know it. Reconditioned Parkers by Del Grego and Turnbull, with attendant letters to prove it- are they worth the asking prices today? Just wondering is all-