Holy V grade Jackman! You get the prize for the worst Parker innards I have ever seen to date. You can bend a floor plate that rusted up just trying to remove it, even when doing it properly, just as you can bend a lock plate on a side lock gun when the front section is seriously rusted into the receiver.... been there. Side lock plates bend very easily, as do these floor plates, and are pretty easy to straighten. Bad as it looks I bet it will clean up ok though. I'd say you need to get all the rust cleaned off thoroughly before you'll know how the floor plate seats, if you haven't already. If it's been warped by improper removal or such it doesn't work to install it and gently hammer on the edges, not always anyway. If the mis fit is slight it will just spring back. You have to bend it while it's out. They bend easily. Caution is recommended. Baby steps with the little soft hammer.... and I want to see pics of these pieces cleaned up! Where was this thing stored?? In a manure pile!!?
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