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More have turned up since the printing of The Parker Story, but not many. With so many guns with refinished stocks, I would suggest the patent stamp on a few might have been obliterated in the process. They are nice to see when they do turn up.
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I have one on a PH with Parker Steel barrels. It's a 1926 gun and I was surprised to see it on such an older gun. I think they were mainly found on early hammer less guns.
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I have observed about 4 myself. From GH on up to BH.
In one case, the grain flow was so poor in the stock, it had 3 breaks in it and the rod was the only think holding it together. No wonder they used it. A few of the ones i hae seen had the stamp, some didnt. All were original and nor refinished. I think that the rod was used as needed on a number of guns, but the patent stamp was only used on the earlier ones. I have also observed the patent under the buttplate on one gun stamped right where the rod was inserted.
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02-27-2016, 06:44 AM | #6 | ||||||
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I've seen many that had the the patented hickory reinforcing rod and the vast majority had no stamp and some had their original finish. The reinforcing rod is about 11/16" or 3/4" diameter. Other larger plugs in the butt were where weight was added or removed for correct balance of the gun. I have a DH twelve-gauge that has both and when I was a kid of about 10 I had the back half of a ten-gauge hammer gun with a 1" hole with a lead weight pressed into it.
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02-27-2016, 08:01 AM | #7 | ||||||
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Here's a good picture of the stamp on a AAHE.
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02-27-2016, 10:54 PM | #8 | ||||||
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Craig,
Your BH has the rod it it. But i cant remember if it has the stamp. Does it?
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Brian yes it does have the stamp.
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Always odd to me...a gun maker find a beautiful piece of aged hardwood, spend hours turning it into a wonderful gunstock on a graded gun...then stamps it with a patent number! Kinda like scratching your name into the paint of a new Ferrari.
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