Neil,
Ed is correct. The wood and engraving on this Parker are not original to the gun. The forend lug is absent because, I am sure, a beavertail forend had replaced the original splinter forend and when the gun was used without the reinforced lug that Parker used on their beavertailed forends it gave way. If this is a family gun and you want to keep it and use it I would send it to Larry DelGrego. He can replace the forend lug and forend. When Remington abandoned the Parker as a production gun, DelGrego purchased all the remaining Parker Parts. Sadly, your Parker is not worth $500.00 to a collector.
Kindest, Harry
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