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Some guns just don't need a high percent of collector's case color, hang tags or work orders - they are just the best shooting machines in the world. These are not for the collector!
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If you want a best Purdey, according to my favorite Brit gunsmith, then you want one with a serial no. over 25,000. That said, an earlier one is sheer beauty.
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I don't care what anyone says, all Purdey purchasers are gun collectors and investors because no Purdey shoots ten or twenty thousand dollars better than a well stocked VH Parker. I no more want a trashed out or poorly refinished Purdey than I would want the same thing in a Parker. Regardless of the incorrect opinion of some to the contrary, a good, lightly used, original Purdey sells for buckets more money than a many times refreshed one.
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If you want a best Purdey, according to my favorite Brit gunsmith, then you want one with a serial no. over 25,000. Why is that?
Last edited by Bob Blair; 03/23/07 04:07 AM.
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Some have got so wrapped-up into collecting, and vanity grade one-up-manship chase, that they forgotten all about the dynamics of the true gamegun. Some, don't even have mud on their favorite boots.
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Ken,
Go for it and enjoy this piece of history as you create your own in the upland game fields or grouse woods. Take care to pass this on as a legacy to someonoe who equally enjoys great hunting and fine firearms. Good luck and good hunting!
Jim
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8b - a well stocked, plainly finished Birmingham boxlock will shoot just as well as the VH and a well stocked French/German/Belgian "guild" boxlock will do it for even less. Some people know and understand this and others don't. So, if you want to shoot a Parker, you will pay more than if you shot a "guild"/Burmmie BL/Fox SW/Elsie and less than if you shot a Purdey. Eight fold is a big chunk to pay for top brand value vs bottom BV. But, that is what the market has currently decided.
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25,000? That's around 1935!
I loved to know why your 'smith thinks that, too
OWD
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