Parker "escalloped" buttstock

Old and Reliable · 07-19-2011, 08:11 PM

FYI- take a look at Gun broker item No. 241311366- a California gunshop has a "Parker" buttstock for sale at a bid level of $200- how would you verify it is from a Parker from the fotos, also frame size- the jaws are scalloped, like on some Euro and Continental double guns, and the butt is checkered, but has three holes- why?

Bindlestiff · 07-19-2011, 09:03 PM

Not like any Parker stock I have seen?

Dean Romig · 07-19-2011, 09:23 PM

There is absolutely nothing about that buttstock that says 'Parker' to me.

David · 07-19-2011, 11:54 PM

Definitely NOT a parker

TARNATION !!! · 07-20-2011, 12:28 AM

Several Merkels HERE After you see the first couple, keep scrolling down, there are more.

Merkel is my guess. May be off base but in the ball park I think.

(Pre-PGCA, I never knew what's a Merkel)

David · 07-20-2011, 12:42 AM

I think merkel is a very good guess

Jim Akins · 07-21-2011, 10:39 AM

It could also be from a Belgian gun, without seeing the inletting, who knows. The holes in the butt could be from use as a pattern on a stock duplicator.

Brent Francis · 07-21-2011, 06:27 PM

That thing has been for sale for months. If they would take the time to figure out what it is it would probably sell quick. There is a forend under Ithaca parts That I am pretty sure is from a parker SBT if anyone needs one gb #242363717

B. Dudley · 08-12-2011, 04:04 PM

That buttstock has been on GB for a long time advertised as a Parker. The seller obviously does not know what it is, and must be no one else has been able to tell him what it is either.

CHE · 08-13-2011, 01:12 AM

I told him it wasn't a Parker stock but he never changed it. I guess he's hoping for that
P T Barnum sucker.