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It is about as low as I've seen them. I've kept an eye on them for quite a while. The pluses on this gun are, double triggers, great wood, 28g. The downside is the short 26" bbls.
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That is a good point. My friend's early 28 gauge long barrel gun with Nick Tooth stocked and recessed checkered wood would be up on the scale about three steps on this gun, but, then, my friend's gun is not for sale. No, it is not my gun. The pictured gun looks like a great gun. I would own it.
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I'd agree with the above and would not hesitate to buy at that price, as long as the 26" barrels were OK with me. You'll find a lot more Parker Repros with single triggers vs double, and their single triggers can be problematic. A NIB 28ga Repro will probably cost you the asking price on this gun, or more. And while I like Repros, this one is essentially a hand-made gun, knockout wood, case colors by Turnbull (the CC on a Repro will fade fairly quickly). Especially given the price on this gun, I'd take it over a Repro--and I've owned several Repros, and now own essentially the same gun pictured, but in 20ga.
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Apparently there seems to be no market for a NIB, handbuilt, beautiful 28 gauge Ithaca Classic Dougle at a rediculously low price. After deciding to take it off the market I was amazed it was able to accomplish the following.
In the past 24 hours this fine little subgauge:
-Stopped a charging bull elephant
-Foiled an attempted bank roberry
-Ran 4 X 100 Skeet (I used Lil' Skeeters for the .410 event)
-Witnessed a few SST Repros double while their case colors faded
-Slowed to a halt an out of control Prius
-dropped 1000 doves in Argentina
-Solved the healthcare/health insurance debacle
What a great gun, Who'd a thunk?
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Well Bob, that's obviously a gun you need to keep! As a few of us said, nothing wrong--and in fact, a lot right--with the price. Just one of those cases where no one's in the market. For whatever reason, ICD's don't seem to draw a lot of interest. And they're expensive enough guns that the pool of potential buyers is somewhat limited anyhow.
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Bob, I have looked at the pics of your gun and description. Forgive me if I have missed the information, but I don't see stock dimensions. Also , the pics are not very good. They make the case colors look neon, and I am sure they are better than that . I don't see any engraving detail clearly. I would think that when selling a nice gun, clear pics showing the good details the gun has are a must. There are dozens of sellers on the various sites who take terrible pictures that give no information about the gun. Those pics do not help their potential sale. Bad pics do raise questions about the gun.
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Sorry Daryl, I did the best I could with the equipment that I have. Blame me for the photos, blame Doug Turnbull for the case colors. They really are quite vivid. Just a little lit up from the flash.
Besides, who needs great images when you have a gun that spent the morning refoliating the rain forest, fixing the economy including the sub-prime lending fiasco and curing global warming.
What a great gun, Who'd a thunk?
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Next time, don't use a flash. Use north light or shade on a sunny day. Are the case colors really that color in the pics ? Most all cameras have a macro setting for close up. Stock dimensions, barrel measurements, and chokes should be in all shotgun for sale ads.
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I owned two ICDs, both 471xxx guns. Shot both of them quite a bit, but moved on from them. But neither one had any reliability issues. I visited the ICD operation early on. Problems with the early Italian-made guns required a lot of attention and delays in getting them to buyers. If you take a close look at the Beschi guns, you can see some of the issues which Bob J mentions above.
My opinion: I felt sorry for Steve Lamboy when ICD went out of business when they finally had everything going for them with the 471 series guns.
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From my memory, Thad Scott ended up with some of the Mario Beschi guns as he tried to sell me some. Fortunately I was aware of the company from their past reputations and took a pass. Could have purchase some very cheap from Thad. Glad I missed that pass
John
Arrieta
John Boyd
Quality Arms Inc
Houston, TX
713-818-2971
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