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07-11-2022, 01:11 PM | #3 | ||||||
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I was watching the gun you bought on Invaluable with intentions of bidding . But I got busy with something and went to bid about thirty minutes after it sold . But luckily I already had one of the other 60+ , 28 inch guns The one in my possession is an 1891 gun that letters etc and it’s choked cylinder and modified . I’ve killed a pile of skeet birds with it as well as a poor unsuspecting whitetail doe at about 21 yards with homecast 730 grain slug . Oh yeah no one needs two of these things but I had thoughts of doing it just the same ! Incidently this one IS a 2 frame .
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07-11-2022, 01:31 PM | #4 | ||||||
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Very nice EH.
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07-11-2022, 01:33 PM | #5 | ||||||
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I have a pair of nice lifter 28" ten gauge light bird guns, but that is a subject for another thread.
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07-11-2022, 01:39 PM | #6 | ||||||
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That one has broken several straight rounds of skeet but sad to say I've never done better than 49 out of 50 . I never shot more than two rounds of 10's at skeet in an evening . My skeet loads in this bad boy are 1 1/8 ounce pushed with 18.6 of Red Dot so pretty much cream puff loads .
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07-11-2022, 04:54 PM | #7 | ||||||
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This subject has been discussed here a great many times and articles concerning this topic have appeared in Parker Pages as well. Austin Hogan authored at least one of these. Look it up on your digital Parker Pages link here from our home page.
The chief determining factors in Parker values are gauge, condition and grade… in that order I believe… and the trump card is the smaller gauges, 20, 28 and .410. .
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07-12-2022, 04:57 AM | #8 | ||||||
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Put these guns in order of value. 1. A-1 Special, any gauge, reasonable condition. 2. Mint condition, any reasonable grade and gauge, up to DHE and 20 gauge. 3. .410, any reasonable gauge, up to GHE. I have my idea of the progression of this list. What is yours?
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07-12-2022, 06:24 AM | #9 | ||||||
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Okay Bill, I’ll bite…
Most valuable would be the A1S in extremely high condition in .410 or 28 gauge.(My choice would be 28 gauge) Then anything else I would list in order of value or collectibility wouldn’t necessarily follow Austin’s logic… It’s all very subjective. .
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07-12-2022, 06:59 AM | #10 | ||||||
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I agree most rankings of valuation are subjective and different for every collector.
For me, a person with limited funds, niche collecting brings me the most satisfaction, I focus on vintage waterfowl guns. If a gun fits into my niche then it's about condition first, dimensions second, grade third and gauge last. |
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