I've never quite understood the Parker mystique. There are lots of ways to evaluate "best" and most of them are subjective and personal. Because I am not a big fan of them, I also do not know a lot about them from personal experience, so how would a Parker rate at



1. Handling = most important to me, I give Lefever the edge and Parker a distant 4th, well behind Smith and Fox as well.

2. Looks = Same as above. They maybe be well fit and finished but the actions look clunky to me.

3. Reliability = I don't know, but probably higher than Lefever I'm guessing

4. Strength = Again hard to judge but perhaps this is their forte. I have never see this evaluated objectively.

5. Value = For the dollar, Parker seems pretty pricey in comparison to the other 3.

I don't want to denigrate a Parker as I am sure they are very fine guns, but relative to some of the others, I do not see them as special in anyway other than some people just seem to like them a lot more for unlisted reasons.

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BrentD, (Professor - just for Stan)

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