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05-26-2014, 09:20 AM
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The stock is not my concern. The forearm can be saved and I would assume the butt can be straightened around for about $2,500 give or take, The butt can be duplicated although it is not usable.. The receiver I know it can be saved at a cost.....welding and engraving. What I have no understanding of is the barrel restoration and the barrel welding you describe. Any thoughts of the value in its present condition??? This may be something I pass on to someone with more patience than me.
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05-26-2014, 09:33 AM
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The wood is no issue with this gun. And the frame is a secondary concern as well. I agree with you that the barrels are your major concern on this gun. They should be deemed as safely restorable first. The bores being good are a big plus. You will have to check out wall thickness of the barrels first and have the barrels examined in person by who will be room the work to see how deep the exterior pitting is and how it can or cannot be fixed. Being an 0 frame, the barrels are light. But at least it is not a 16g. The 20g will give you some more wall thickness to work with.
This is quite the gun and should be properly restored if you have the time and resources. Why don't I find guns like this? Is it because I don't have a garden shed?
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05-26-2014, 09:36 AM
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The issue with this gun is not cost effectiveness. It is already beyond that. The key here is passion for a high grade Parker's survival and an honouring if its past. Pride of ownership will repay part of that.
Value as a distressed CH? What someone is willing to pay for the honour of putting it back right... and not fretting the cost. Perhaps $1000 to the right person? And yes. Bachelder or his outworkers do very fine stock work! |
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05-26-2014, 09:58 AM
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The first thing I would do would be to order a PGCA letter and see who ordered such a gun with such rare features.
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05-26-2014, 10:05 AM
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Bill am I missing something here? What rare features do you refer to, the straight grip and 30 inch bbls?
If the gun is to be redone I wouldn't try to save the butt stock if it's going to cost in excess of $2000, a new stock can be made for that not including the cost of wood. Bruce who did the work on Charlies Chicken coop 20ga hammer gun? |
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05-26-2014, 10:24 AM
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By "saving the stock" I think he meant being able to use it as a good duplication pattern.
I would call a straight grip 20g with 30" barrels and no safety somewhat rare on a whole. But not super rare. Those would be relatively common features on a target gun. Which is likely what this gun was originally used for. Yes, a research letter would be the very first place to start. I do not think that the butt treatment was mentioned on the stock. But I would suspect a factory ordered pad might be the likely.
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05-26-2014, 11:01 AM
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The pictures show a skeleton butt. I missed the part of no safety. A worthy project none the less.
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And I missed the SSBP.
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