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assuming well layed out wood in wrist area and true 'nib' condition the worth is $5170. btfe and dt would add to the value.
there is plenty of competition out there........ nice gun for small to medium built chap but the price in relation to the browning sle (same manufacturer) is high so it has been lingering on the site for few years. one can set whatever price they desire, but the moral of yarn is how badly you want to sell something?

The shotgun is double trigger, straight stock and splinter grip. I was just curious because someone told me that the gun was popular with collectors and starting to bring big bucks. It has the best looking wood that I have ever seen on a Parker repro, but I have seen less than a dozen. Initially, I paid $2700 and after discovering that it appears to be around $6kI told my wife that I was becoming reluctant to shoot it because of the increasing value and she said, " you'll never sell it so shoot it," and shoot it I will. I like the 28 for Huns, dove and quail. Thank you one and all for the information.

for nib condition with dts and sfe the price changes to $5550.
ps. it is unwise to state the price you paid unless value of article decreased or remained the same.

If you're reluctant to shoot it I'll give you your money back and be happy to shoot it for you.

Jag, the 12 ga your using for an example is not a good "comp" at all for this gun he has nor is "competition" for a 28 2 bl set

If it where my gun,I would use it as your wife suggests,life to short,enjoy it.If I was selling that configuration 28 SG,DT,is one of the most desirable and would sell for way more then 5500,I would bet it would not last long at 6500 and might bring more.Try and find one like that for less offered now.

It'd probably bring even more if it were a SG/BT gun. Put the DT together with a BT forend and you get a really rare configuration. Throw in 28" barrels, or Q1/Q2 chokes if it's 26" (I don't think there were any 28" guns choked Q1/Q2) and you'll bump the price some more. For most guys actually using the Repros for hunting or targets, the only problem with the 28" guns are the very tight chokes. Too bad they did not make them more open. Anyone ever see a 28ga with 28" barrels factory choked anything other than M/F--which unfortunately, by constriction, was more like M/F for a 12ga than a 28ga?

Larry Brown wrote, "It'd probably bring even more if it were a SG/BT gun."
Did you hear it? Don Zutz just rolled over in his grave. "Did you hear it" is a reference to Zuts' belief that PG should paired with BT and SG belongs with splinters.
I have not stopped shooting the 28, I'm more aware of its value and therefore baby the little gun. I have 3 BSS', two in 20 gauge and one 12 gauge and they have escalated in value. All three guns are SG with sem-BT' and the 20' have upgraded wood, one of which has a highly figured Claro walnut. I use the 12 gauge for waterfowl and pretty much use the 20' for rough country Chukkar. My go to gun is an AYA 16 gauge #2 that is fed all brass hulls.

Jager, gun you posted is a Miroku, not a Browning. Basically the same gun, but the Browning version usually brings more because of name recognition. The Miroku/Browning guns were built in the Miroku factory, and the Parker Repros were built in the Olin Kodensha factory. Separate factories, separate companies, although there is speculation that there was some cooperation early on. Larry Brown can probably clarify.

Just to make everyone feel better, the RIA auction included many Repros, all gauges. The prices were below sanity. There was a 28 gauge DT, BT, straight grip, two barrel set that didn't make six grand. There were guns in the threes and there were 28 gauge guns in the way low fives, maybe some even lower. There were 28-.410 sets in the tens. Of course, owners of such Repros don't have to worry. The people who bought those guns won't let them go for similar prices and very few will know about the bargains that they missed. We're probably back to ridiculous prices for Repros now that the RIA collection has been sold. The consignor could have gotten much more for his guns had he sold them on this website.

RIA results;
Lot 1583 SINGLE TRIGGER 28 2 barrel set-$6325
http://www.rockislandauction.com/view_item.aspx?aid=46&iid=237052

Lot 1577 DT 28 ga 2 barrel set (stock cut and pad added!)-$5750

http://www.rockislandauction.com/view_item.aspx?aid=46&iid=237077

Lot1569 28/410 2 barrel set-$10925
http://www.rockislandauction.com/view_item.aspx?aid=46&iid=237049

Lot 1387 28/410 3 barrel set (single trigger!)-$21850

http://www.rockislandauction.com/view_item.aspx?aid=46&iid=237087




I suspect you could get 7k for your gun,I still see no comps for a 28 DT 2 barrel set that changes that.