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I like straight grip guns too, but overall, buyers did not. You could be right about seeing an overall number in TPS and I must have missed it because I looked. I did figure that as the grade went up, the straight grip percentage went up. About 10% for V's and up to about 40-50% in the A's. I suppose a person could speculate on all sorts of reasons why. I hear now that straight grip guns sell for a premium but then I know plenty of Parker collectors who prefer PG's, so I don't know if they do or not.
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08-22-2009, 11:04 PM | #4 | ||||||
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I prefer the straight grip too, but the only guns in my collection with straight grips are a couple of Repros. When the right gun with a straight grip presents itself I will be sure to attempt to buy it but in the meantime I'll take whatever grip a Parker comes with. After all, one must "strike while the iron is hot".
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08-24-2009, 08:10 AM | #5 | ||||||
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I can't speculate as to how the grade relates to the grip configuration as I don't own any "high grade" guns. My straight grip guns run from 12 to 28ga and from VHE to DHE in grade. The majority of these also feature the BTF.
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08-24-2009, 05:54 PM | #7 | ||||||
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Seems to me that I read that about 10% of D's had straight grips. They may not have been coveted back in the day, but they sure are now.
I wonder if there is a correlation between the amount of DAH and the type of stock. I have not seen any straight stock guns with 3" of drop. |
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08-24-2009, 07:16 PM | #8 | ||||||
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Jay,I agree with you. The straight grip guns I have owned and examined seem to have higher dimensions.Even the Parker Repro's with straight grips are stocked higher.
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08-24-2009, 07:56 PM | #9 | ||||||
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Dave, are you sure about the repro's being stocked differently?
One day I was putting a couple of repro's to my shoulder in Herb Stratimyre's (sp?) shop up in Vermont and he gave me a look and said that they were all stocked the same. He took the two I had shouldered and "felt" to be different and was surprised to find that they were in fact a 1/8 different in drop when he dropped them into a stock template. He commented "they had better get there processes fix" because he was sure they were all supposed to be the same. Herb was a hell of a gunsmith and I bet he knew what was what! |
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08-24-2009, 08:58 PM | #10 | ||||||
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Robin,I have a few of the Repro brochures around here someplace and I am pretty sure that they cataloged the pistol grip guns 1/4-3/8" lower than the straight grip guns.
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