Just Got Her Home!

[Eric Dehn]

Harold, She weighs in at a hefty 10 lbs (give or take an ounce or two). That's a load to be humping around in the field...

[OH Osthaus]

a few inches of barrel do not save much - my 30" 10 lifter weighs 9 plus a little

[David Hamilton]

My 10 ga lifter with factory barrels at 28.25" weighs 9.5 lbs. It is on a # 2 frame. Heavy but swings like a champ on pheasants and some clays. David

[charlie cleveland]

theseold big bores are heavy but you appreciate one of them when you need that extra 5 yards to bring that bird home....charlie

[wayne goerres]

Eric Sometimes pic's are decieving but to me it looks like the wood is very salvagable. It may be a little oil soaked in the head. Try dissambleing your gun then soak the wood in a stiff solution of Murphy oil soap for about an hour. It will clean off a lot of that old dirty finish and give you a much better look at your wood. Not much work,you may be surprised at what you have. I also have a parker lifter 10ga along with about six others and surprisingly it is the softest shooting 10ga I own. Its also one of the lightest.

[Mills]

I second Wayne. The wood looks like it would clean up well. Often, they used top quality wood on these early Parkers

[Eric Dehn]

Great advice, Wayne. Thx! I'll most definitely give that a try before proceeding with a full-on restock.

[David Hamilton]

If the wood is truly soaked with oil, you might soak it in a solvent such as methyl ethel key ton or the like for a week or so before the Murphy's. David

[B. Dudley]

Yeah... There looks to be nothing wrong with that stock from a functional or structural standpoint.
A good soaking in Acetone for a while will clean it up nice. It doesnt even appear to have much oil in it either.
Granted, there may not be much room for sanding if needed. But with the overall condition of the gun, you would not want to go the route of a refinish to "Like New".
A good cleaning and freshening of the finish is all that in order before laying down new checkering.
Straight Shellac would be a proper finish for this by the way.

[Milton Starr]

Originally Posted by Eric Dehn

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I have a double 10 ga with similar pitting on the face like that but mine is only on the left face . Not sure how to fix that or if it effects firing . Good luck on the project .