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I've been giving this some more thought and the mistakes I've made include but are not limited to:
1) Paid way too much. 2) Sold for way too little. 3) Sold guns I should never have parted with. 4) Bought guns I should have run away from. 5) Poured way more money into restorations than any reasonable person would dream of.
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I have only paid twice to have guns restored. One, a Browning Gr III Citori that I doubled my money on as I got it CHEAP. Another a Browning A5 given to me by a cousin that for personal reasons I wanted done. Arts Gun Shop charged me $800 and even though it's not worth much more than that, there's a family history and it won't be sold so that makes it worth it. I have vowed going into Parkers I will NEVER pay to have one restored. Wish me luck on that one.
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The only Parker that I.ve had any real work done to is gunner's gun. I took a VH 20 and had it fully customized with his portrait engraved on the floorplate. Made it into a straight stock. To much money but the sentiment is priceless to me. We hunt together through his gun every fall. He was my little buddy and the best companion I could have hoped for.
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Not a Parker, and not sure if it is the best or worst deal I've made. I really like my CSMC RBL, so when CSMC came out with a round body O/U I bought the Inverness for about $2800. After about 200 shells thru it, I realized that the gun didn't speak to me, so I got ready to send it down the road. In the mean time, Tony decided that it wasn't a $3800 gun, but was about an $8,000 gun. Sold mine for about $5,000. Thanks Tony
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Wish all my mistakes turned out like that.
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The first edition CSMC is about the best over under my lovely wife ever bought. She will never part with it. What a great gun it is.
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