A friend has a Parker 20ga VHE, 30" barrels presumed to be Full and Full, two triggers, pg/spl. Not much case color left, just under the lever and on the water table, it's otherwise silver with the border engraving and Parker Bros engraving very clear. No buttplate, looks like the stock might have been cut and it's got an initials plate on the underside. Checkering's still there, but the buttstock would need an extension, thick pad or replaced.
Something's not right with one ejector, looks like the problem is in the forearm and peering into the recess for the forearm lug it appears the metal is separated on the one side (or it's two pieces). Either way, would need repair. Barrels seem fine, blue is about 90 percent.
He hasn't shot it in 30 years, and took it to a local smith who said it'd be worth maybe up to $3600. That sounds a bit much, but maybe a long barreled 20ga is hot enough for the right person? Seems the problematic ejector would cut that down quite a bit, or are they generally easy to repair?
Kirk
