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you could put all my stocks together and not come up with such a nice stock... charlie
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There was an article in the the Parker Pages a couple of issues ago with a stock like that. It really caught my attention. Very interesting.
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Beautiful! Almost a Germanic look to the stock treatment but very nice. Every time I learn more about the variety of work done by Parker craftsmen I am pleased and excited. Thanks for sharing Bruce.
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I don't own this gun and am content to enjoy it vicariously. Gary, what I know is that not all $250 dollar grades had this stock carving so it must have been an ordered option . I have heard indirectly, and have not personally counted, that there are about 10-15 known examples. I have seen four. Yes, they are very special guns. Can you imagine going to Kolich or Trevallion today and asking them to replicate this stock?
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Carved Stocks
Those beautifully carved and scalloped $250 grade Parker stocks seem to be confined to serial numders in the low thousands - perhaps the time before King joined the company.
Tear drop shaped "drop points" appear on $200 and $250 grade guns in the 3000 s/n range. The fore end checking pattern on these guns was designed to straddle the original cross slide fore end attachment, and remained essentially unchanged. What is the s/n of the latest $200 - $250 - A - B grade with tear drop drop points? What is the s/n of the earliest with fleur de lis? These would be great inputs to Josh for "Parkers Found" Best, Austin |
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Merz Antique Firearms had one for sale like this. It was for sale for a while and it is now long gone. Did anyone get it?
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That would be an asset to my gunsafe.
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