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Unread 10-26-2019, 10:45 AM   #1
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Anyone seen this before? Would this be something the factory would have done?
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That is so beautiful. I haven't seen that grip treatment before, and the 'book' says P, instead of C, but it looks so right, I'd lean in favor of original.
Thee gun may have originally been Bernard steel barreled.
I suspect it's either an optical illusion, or my bad eyes, but one view has the faint appearance of being off face, but other views look quite good.
I'm no judge of anything, especially fine wine, but it seems like it's priced well. I have a good friend in Union, and I'll see if he can put eyeballs on it.
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Wonder if buttstock has been replaced ?
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I ran across this gun on line yesterday and thought right away ," Replacement Barrels " and in the middle of the ad the Seller does say that the Barrels have been replaced ! You are correct once again Edgar !
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Never say never, but it looks to me like a custom re-stock.

Actually, the book says B4 which is Bernard Steel and Grade 4




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I ran across this gun on line yesterday and thought right away ," Replacement Barrels " and in the middle of the ad the Seller does say that the Barrels have been replaced ! You are correct once again Edgar !
Only because I looked it up, Russ. But if there was any doubt, Mr. Romig has spoken.
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There are a few things that are atypical of the stock on this gun. The shape of the grip and butt behind the grip mainly. Also the figure of the wood too is atypical for a Parker of that era. The grip cap inlay is different for sure, bit I would not discount it being “factory” if the buttstock was a later factory replacement and it was done at that time. The lack of the inlay in the toe line with the cap inlay is typical of what was done on the higher grades when a cap inlay was done. The toe line inlay was usually left off.

I would wonder what a letter would say.
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I doubt a letter would allude to a Remington re-stock although I wouldn't rule out the possibility.... however...

The drop points are incorrectly contoured for either Parker Meriden work or for later Remington Ilion work. And the wood to metal fit could be tighter.





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I was mentioning a letter because maybe the cap was original when the gun was built and it just got moved over with restocked.
I would not think it to be connected to Remington since it reads “parker bros”.
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