They say disparity in information is what drives the stock market. Same with used guns. About 15 years ago I stopped by the "new" Bass Pro store in Denver and looked through the Fine Gun Room (as opposed to Cablela's "Gun Library"). They had a pair of Parkers they'd just taken in, one a 12 ga. CHE with 30" Titanic barrels in 90% overall original condition and another vent ribbed D grade in Trap configuration in similar condition. They had a $5K tag on the C, which was about $3K less than I figured it would sell for on the Parker site, so I whistled up some gumption and asked him (an older guy, no spring chicken but no double gun expert either) whether he had any "flexibility" on the price. He went and checked with the other old guy in the room, and came back and said they could go 10%. I almost stumbled getting my wallet out. Got the C for $4500 plus a brand new Boyt Estancia soft case thrown in and walked out the door before they changed their minds. Hunted it once, killed a pheasant with it, and decided it was a little too pretty and heavy for the kind of hunting I do, so I flipped it a couple of years later for market price. Those poor guys just didnt know what they had, and didnt know they didnt know it. The Fine gun Room folded about 2 or 3 years later. Thats my story and Im sticking to it.
