Parker Gun Collectors Association Forums  

Go Back   Parker Gun Collectors Association Forums Parker Forums Parker Restoration

Notices

Reply
Thread Tools Display Modes
Decreasing the drop at heel of a Parker stock
Unread 07-18-2010, 08:53 PM   #1
Member
Bob Roble
Forum Associate

Member Info
 
Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 2
Thanks: 1
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts

Default Decreasing the drop at heel of a Parker stock

I am looking for suggestions on how to permanently decrease the drop at heel, and make a beautiful old DH more shootable. The stock dimensions are approx. 1 3/4" X 3 1/4" X 15". I would like to get it to about 1 1/2" X 2 1/2 X 15". It is apparently not a candidate for stock bending due to an old hairline crack at the wrist which has been professionally repaired.

I would rather not re-stock the gun or use slip-on or glue-on pads. Has anyone ever had good results in decreasing drop by re-inletting a stock?

Thank you. Bob Roble
Bob Roble is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 07-18-2010, 09:13 PM   #2
Member
John Truitt
PGCA Lifetime
Member

Member Info
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 965
Thanks: 1,887
Thanked 1,075 Times in 338 Posts

Default

Sir,

Some have done permanent re combing jobs. Austin Hogan has an article about this in one of the past Parker Pages.
Find a local stock guy who will be willing to give it a go if you dont mind altering the existing stock.
Basically the existing comb is cut down flat from the nose of the comb to the heel. Then a monte carlo style piece of wood is grafted on to fit your dimensions and the stock is then refinished.
There may even be some photos about this in the old forum pages.

Good luck,
John
John Truitt is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to John Truitt For Your Post:
Unread 07-21-2010, 04:46 PM   #3
Member
Bob Roble
Forum Associate

Member Info
 
Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 2
Thanks: 1
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts

Default

John, thanks for the suggestion, I hadn't thought of that.
Bob Roble is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 07-22-2010, 09:15 AM   #4
Member
Big D
PGCA Member
 
John Dallas's Avatar

Member Info
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 4,284
Thanks: 461
Thanked 3,597 Times in 1,550 Posts

Default

I think the advice posted on the Shooting Sportsman site suggesting a butt graft makes a lot of sense. Done properly, the repair is virtually unseen. Grafting a "Monte Carlo" piece on your gun will probably be very visible.
John Dallas is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 10:43 AM.

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright © 1998 - 2023, Parkerguns.org
Copyright © 2004 Design par Megatekno
- 2008 style update 3.7 avec l'autorisation de son auteur par Stradfred.