Well, I almost died of surprise but I was at Gander Mountain this evening looking for my weekly ration of beef jerky and woolen underwear when I noticed they had a Parker in the display case. At first glance I assumed it was a Repro but then I noticed the vent rib....
I had the clerk pull it out for me and it was a real one, albeit restored. A late DHE Remington Parker, 12/30 with factory vent rib and single trigger. No BTFE, just a splinter. Had a Hawkins pad, too.
The case colors looked dark like Repro colors, but not like Del Grego colors. Typical D engraving. The top lever looked a little heavier than I'm used to seeing but that's probably normal for Remington Parkers (?) Barrels looked a little black to my eyes.
The wood finish was probably the worst part as it looked flat and oversanded but a good stocker could probably fix that easily enough.
At $9599 there wasn't a line out the door for it but maybe they'll drop the price after a while.
