Speaking of old Parkers, I was at a Gun Show in San Antonio a few months ago, and ran across a feller with an old 12 ga Parker on his table. The barrels had been chopped off 2", the stock had been chopped off and then lengthened with mis-matched wood. Other than that, it was plain, decent gun. I figured it would be a decent shooter for upland and a little skeet, so I asked the price: "$6,000, and I ain't budging". Needless to say, it was still on his table at the end of the show.
A few rows down, another guy had a much nicer Parker, unaltered, some engraving, and in 20 ga. This guy was asking $3999, which seemed like a reasonable price to me.
But the best part of the show was a guy who had some German drillings on his table. Very cool! There was a button that when pushed popped up a rifle sight, and a lever on the side to drop it back down. The guy running the table was very educated on them, and didn't mind talking to us for probably close to an hour. A great guy, and if I'd have had the $$ in my budget, I might have brought that gun home...
