Presence of the shield in the butt stock...

[Jawjadawg]

When guns are restocked, is there a supplier of those shields to return the gun to "factory specs"? In looking at guns, I have noticed that most restocked guns do not have a shield, but I am hesitant to think that the presence of a shield in pictures would necessarily indicate an original stock.

[OH Osthaus]

If not restocked by Parker, it may just be an option the customer was not willing to pay for.

So many of them never have initials engraved, and doing it right does take carefull inleting

[Dean Romig]

Galazan's sells the Parker stock sheild.

[Brush Buster]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Galazan's sells the Parker stock sheild.

Dean is correct , not to tramp on toes here but you have to watch the size ! A week ago some one advertised in the WTB section for a V Grade Shield for an O Framed Stock and I went to the CSMC site to check before posting to make sure they still had them advertised ,and the size they have in their catalog was very large compared to an O Frame Parker Brothers shield ,so I didn't bother to mention it ! Russ

[J. A. EARLY]

That stock shield is quite a bit larger than the original Parker, about 50% larger, but unable to find an orginal, I took a Dremel tool with a round sanding disk and about two hours later I had it close enough to an original Parker in size and shape that one could hardly tell. To get the surface the same, it took quite a bit of polishing with a rag and Flitz. Now when my stock man went to put it in, the large nail on the back of it broke off. So after inletting it, additional bending to fit the contour of the stock, he just epoxied it in place. A lot of work but it's close enough only a PGCA member could tell the difference. The originals are held in place by two very small wire nails but I did not think that was worth the effort. It was a $100 effort to get to that point.

The same shields are available from a couple of sources if you want to shop around.

[J. A. EARLY]

Not nearly as small as original Parker even after a lot of work, but hey, the stock is not original. At least now there is a shield where there was nothing. I could have made it even smaller. The Dremel tool sanding disk fit the countours nicely.

[B. Dudley]

The galazan stock shield is a lot large and also not the correct shape.
When I restock a factory gun, it always gets a shield. Usually an original Parker shield is used whether it be the one from the original stock or a spare one in the case of a missing original buttstock.

Yes, the lack of a shield would be a good indication of a restock.

Flat sheet brass can be used to cut out a new shield and then it can be contoured when the fitting is done.

I usually glue the shields in and then put the nails in just for authenticities sake.
You will notice that a lot of original Parker's have their shields sticking up proud. It is because the back of the brass will tarnish and build up a green gunk, thus pushing he shield up off he wood.

In the event of a refinish, the shields usually have to be removed, cleaned and then reset.

[Smoothebore]

It's a lot of work to make a stock shield from scratch. I've never seen a brass one. I believe the originals were a silver color, possibly nickel. I've used sheetstock of German Silver, which makes a very good match to the originals. I think I remember buying the German Silver from Dixie Gunworks.

Dave