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Unread 01-03-2020, 05:57 PM   #1
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Thoughts on what the star indicated? Assume the 2 is for frame size which it is, other marks seem to be initials. Maybe this is common but new to me.

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Brian Dudley might know - he did a Parker Pages article on the man who stocked your gun.






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The initials are for Pearson Bannister. Parkers head stock maker at that time. That is a 1904 gun which is right in the timeframe thanI have observed his mark on many other stocks. He worked until he died in 1912.

I am not sure about the star. That is the first time I have seen that. Well, maybe the first time. After hundreds of stocks, it is hard to recall. But I may have seen it before. A large “R” will indicate a factory replacement stock. But that is the only other mark that I have commonly seen on a stock. One can only speculate on the star. Is there anything different about your stock?
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Nothing special I can see other than the stock having some neat long dark streaks in it.
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The "2" represents the grade of the gun.





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I had a GH that was stocked with English walnut.
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