Tom, you have any photos of Parker Repros with proud wood? I don't know of anyone who "hides" the fact that there are indeed issues with the Parker ST's, or that the case colors fade. As for the current price for a 20ga Repro, it's not $6500, which you previously mentioned. There are a dozen DHE 20's on gunsinternational, only one of which is priced over $5K; several under $4K. Cabela's has two 20ga ICD's, one at $10K (with virtually no engraving, a "competition" gun) and the other at $8K. So you are indeed talking about a significant price difference. For which there ought to be a significant quality difference.
It is indeed unfair to lump REAL ICD's with the Beschi rejects. However, when your total production run is somewhere around 1,000 guns, it doesn't take many with issues to have a negative impact on all the rest. Advising potential buyers to take a hard look at the SPECIFIC ICD they're thinking about purchasing does not seem to me to be unfair or unwarranted advice.
