For whatever my opinion may be worth (nothing); the one advantage the Parker gun had over all their competitors was the fact that they could sell and market their gun along with all the myriad hardware items they produced. This allowed them more dollars to advertise the gun, ample opportunity to promote the gun to their hardware customers (where most guns were being sold in this era); and the gun was likely carried as a "lost leader" longer than it should have because of the fact that their excellent salesmen, along with the advertising dollars advantage they ejoyed over the competition, had done such a superb job of promoting the gun. Parkers are great guns, but so are the LeFevers; and it's also a well established fact that both the Parker and LeFever designs were changed and improved many times over their years of production. In my worthless opinion, the LeFever Optimus grade was probably the best value (buy) at $400 than any of the other period high-grade competition in terms of quality and asthetics for the price.
By the way, although I have no knowledge of a new Invincible discovery in California, I did see "Invincible" # 200001 (a number used for a Trojen gun) on a dealer's table over the weekend. The serial number was beautifully inlayed in gold on the trigger guard strap, as was the classic Invincible chicken on the floor plate. I just smiled when I opened the gun to look for the actual serial number stamped on the lug, number 146???; and laid her down.
Last edited by topgun; 06/03/08 07:09 PM.
