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06-03-2017, 09:58 PM | #3 | ||||||
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I believe it is says it a refinish or whatever on his website, I just didn't know if that was an authentic color or if it was too much. He has,several that have a very red color to them.
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06-03-2017, 11:31 PM | #4 | ||||||
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I believe it depends largely on when the gun was manufactured, the finish used, and the condition of the gun in question. I have seen Remington era Parkers that are entirely original, high condition guns with the red finish. I thing they are exceptionally nice looking. This is not to say that different colored wood and possibly lower condition guns aren't just as nice in their own way...
Here is one sent to me by a member a couple of years ago - Remington era DHE in high original condition. .
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06-03-2017, 11:39 PM | #5 | |||||||
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06-04-2017, 05:19 AM | #6 | ||||||
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Having experience with many Parker's including one my father purchased from Puglisi (about 3 years ago), I can tell you for a fact it is a gunsmith that Puglisi uses that must use a red stain. Although the gun my father bought is beautiful it is not restocked, but clearly refinished and it is that exact red. I have since noticed that in all of Puglisi's pictures where the guns are refinished they are that exact color. It certainly does not look bad, but it is not Parker and as my knowledge has grown over the past few years every Parker I have seen that color is from Puglisi. You will also notice when the barrels have been redone by this same gunsmith that they are way too black and it has been done by a hot bluing process that melts solder. You will be able to see the missing solder at the front of the barrels. Once you have studied and owned one of these guns, it is brutally obvious and if you are a purist you will be disappointed. I hope this helps someone in the future.
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06-04-2017, 07:08 AM | #7 | ||||||
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Not that some walnut cannot be reddish in color or be made that way through finish alone, but there are a good amount of people using that "winchester red" stain on parkers when refinishing for some reason.
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06-04-2017, 08:08 AM | #8 | ||||||
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Austin Hogan wrote an article for Parker Pages on Parker stock finishes. He addresses the red color in some original Parker stock finishes. I'll look for the article and post it here.
One of the red finishes he discusses is shellac. Some folks may not know the fact that the old recipes for making shellac called for the use of powdered beetle "shell" or wing cases for the red color. .
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06-04-2017, 09:11 AM | #10 | ||||||
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Amber shellac will add color to a stock, and so will alkanet root (added in the finish).
But neither will typically make a stock quite as red as some of the above examples. There are redder shades of shellac than the traditional amber of course. See below photos of stocks showing what Amber shellac will do by way of color. Raw IMG_0323.jpg Finished IMG_0711.JPG With just sealer coat IMG_2732.jpg Finished IMG_5548.jpg
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