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Originally Posted by Dave Suponski
Mike, From the pictures I can't tell if that is a factory stock or not. Removing the trigger guard bow and looking in the channel for it there should be stamping with the serial number. Also when Parker guns left the factory the wood was always a bit proud of the frame.
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it appears to be a factory stock with a serial number, just not the original.
the replacement stock is proud on one side but not the other... now that I have the trigger guard off, its looks more like the frame is torqued to one side rather than leaning, if that makes sense?
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What dimensions do you require?
Obviously if the dimensions you require are abnormal, your original can be modified and use as a pattern.
Another issue with just trusting an off the shelf duplication is that there is a lot of variation in these guns, especially in the rear tangs and the amount of bend they have. So, unless your original stock is duplicated, or your action is checked against the pattern to be used, there is a chance for issues.
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my dimensions aren't abnormal I just want it a little closer to the dimensions of my my other " more modern" guns, mainly a higher comb/less drop. and I also want a little longer LOP without out adding a spacer or elongated pad... I would also like to fit a skeleton pad to it and still end up with my correct LOP which is 14 5/8ths or possibly more now that I have lost some LBS.
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Do you have an original buttplate on your gun?
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no original buttplate, just a rough looking silvers style pad.
John Campbell:
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This is a VH with a black walnut stock... and I'm willing to bet the head is split. Hence the gap and wood misalignment. A proper fix should correct that. If you need more comb height, why not try one of the add-on comb pads? Same for the LOP with those type pads. They are not beautiful, but they are functional.
Otherwise, you can spend hundreds on a restock.
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there is a slight crack at the bottom of the tang ( as well as numerous others in other places) and just the slightest bit of give when I squeeze the wood together behind the receiver, but I really feel the bulk of this is an improper fit... but I am no expert.
I really like learning the many different aspects of gunsmithing so I was planning on restocking this gun myself, not that I could afford the work of a real gun smith anyway.
plus the stock isn't orginal so I figure I might as well swap it out for something fancier, otherwise I would do like you suggested and just leave it alone or get a strap on pad.