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Hi all, just was curious about what you owners can tell me about the Parker Repos? What are the pros and cons and really any comments on these guns.

Thanks!!!

All the best!

Greg

No cons other than price and of course they're not the real thing.

Some people report problems with the single triggers, and most of the guns you see for sale are ST guns.

12's and 28's weigh about what they should, IMO, for their respective gauges and as "American classics". 20's, which are the most common, are a bit on the heavy side.

For whatever reason, the Japanese seem to have choked the 28ga Repros--especially the M/F ones--using 12ga constrictions.

The above aside, I like them and think they're very nice guns. I can still be tempted by the right 28 or 12 with DT's, although the 28's have gotten pretty pricey. (One or two of them listed here, recently, at pretty good prices. And you can make some pretty good buys on the 12's and 20's.)

Don't like 'em too much. Barrels are all too short. Try finding a 30" 20ga. The case colors wear off if you look 'em sideways. Many of the stocks are very fragile. They're not real and they're expensive. Put the money into a real Parker or a Galazan RBL.

Gauge for gauge a Parker Reproduction is the absolute best value of any of its competitors in the same price bracket. One only needs to pick up an RBL and then pick up a Repro to see and feel the obvious.

You can't buy a 20-ga. RBL w/30" bbls...but you can buy 20-ga. 30" bbls. for a Parker Repro. Find a 30" 20-ga. DHE Parker Bros. gun in decent shape at anything within quadruple the current market price of a Repro and you've found a real bargain---not everyone can justify this kind of investment to get the real McCoy.

There are those that say the Galazan-built CSMC Foxes are as much a Fox as the original A.H. Fox guns, some say that the Lamboy-built Ithaca Classic Doubles are as much Ithacas as the original Ithaca guns and there are those that say that Parker Repros are as much Parkers as original Meriden-built Parker Bros. guns...they are what you think they are.

There is no comparison between a Repro and an RBL. An RBL might as well be a 2x4.


As for 'They are what you think they are'....I have a very nice DaVinci painting I would like to sell you Mr. Bamboozler. I will sell it to you for only $2 million which is far below market for any DaVinci. The only requirement is that it is what you think it is.

FWIW I have both RBL and Parker Repro in 20 Ga. While the Repro has great workmanship same as the RBL it is not the shooter the RBL is. The RBL works like a shotgun is supposed to-it comes up on target and goes off when it hits your shoulder. Whether its the shorter barrels on the Repro I dont know but it has never worked as well for me.

I thought the Parker Repros were a hell of a deal when Jacquas and Guns Unlimited were closing them out for around $1900 each. At current market prices I'll take my RBLs.

I got my 28 gauge, 28", double trigger Parker Repro from Guns Unlimited back then. One of the best deals I ever made and the gun is fantastic. Never any problems.

28 gauge Repros peaked a year or so ago. Today they are in a slump. Now is the time to buy one in my opinion.