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Unread 04-07-2022, 07:03 PM   #1
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Ugly, but I'm a guy that likes to see a gun with history/warts..
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Ugly, but I'm a guy that likes to see a gun with history/warts..
I may someday be guilty of upgrading a gun, but in my opinion only, an upgraded gun is worth the most to the original owner (or relative perhaps)

I looked the gun over, but it was a little gawdy IMO.

The 38" barrels are intriguing. I would like to see the barrels with the wedge engraving after Breck Gorman has his way with the barrels!

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Wonder if Breck Gorman could bring back the barrels Twist glory?
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He sure could!!





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I suspect the wedge engraving will look better with the barrels blued . Otherwise it would be kinda busy with the twist pattern beneath the engraving .
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I suspect the wedge engraving will look better with the barrels blued . Otherwise it would be kinda busy with the twist pattern beneath the engraving .
Not sure I agree. I have seen Damascus barrels with wedge engraving and it looked pretty darn nice.
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there was over 400 parker 8 ga s made....them chambers are probably 3 1/4 inch not 3 1/2 inch...good looking gun....charlie
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Personally it's not for me but I have always wondered how a 8 gauge Invincible would look.

Not sure if it's just my eyes or what but the bluing on the screws and hinge pin look weird as if matte blued. I prefer how fire bluing looks when it comes to screws and small accent parts.
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Well, we found out what the market thinks of the estimate (6-9K). I placed a bid with Cowan directly last week, above the estimate, and have been outbid on Proxy bid before the auction started. If it goes for the current ask, it will be in total the most expensive Parker sold by Cowen's in their searchable records I believe.
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Personally it's not for me but I have always wondered how a 8 gauge Invincible would look.

It would look just like a 12g or 16g invincible. Just larger.

This gun was on Cowans table at the Southern. It was pretty shiny and glitzy no doubt about that.
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