The final piece of metal alteration for this A-1 Special is the trigger guard bow.
This gun started as a straight grip, but the preferred configuration for the build is a pistol grip.
On Meriden built high grade guns (B and higher), the trigger guard bows taper quite a bit as they come into the guard strap/tang.
A Repro DHE PG guard was reshaped in this original high grade style.
These photos show the altered guard next to an unaltered Repro guard.
This is something that Parker Reproductions did not do to any of the B grades or A-1 Speicals.
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