Apparantly Parker Bros. had the experience and reputation to uphold in the area of stocks breaking at the wrist. The Parker gun is generally noted for its very desirable and classic 'thin wrist' and because of this, coupled with nicely figured wood on the graded guns, (gererally Grade 3 and higher) the necessity of the 'invention' of the hickory reinforcing rod became paramount and was possibly (or probably) an oversight on the part of those who designed/developed/commissioned the "Parker Reproduction by Winchester".
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