Parkerized Model 81

[Hcompton79]

Hi there, new guy,

So I was in my local gun shop the other day and a have been looking for a model 8 or 81 because they look cool and have John Browning associated with them. Now in the rack I saw an 81, Nice condition, early 4 digit serial number and in .35 Remington; but at some point the previous owner decided to Parkerize it. Now I kind of like it Parkerized as it makes the gun more militaristic. As a result I put down a payment plan for it and I feel I may have gotten a really good deal (I won't say how much.) Any idea how much being Parkerized devalues the gun?

[Hardrada55]

Probably not much more than if the gun had been refinished with regular blue or only had, say, 30% of it's original blue remaining. If you like it....it's a big plus. Sounds like a good shooter. Is the 35 engraved on the top of the receiver? What kind of safety lever?

[Hcompton79]

.35 rem is stamped/engrave into the end of the barrel that protrudes into the receiver and it has the normal safety lever.

[Phyrbird]

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