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Posted: Fri Dec 28th, 2007 05:21 pm |
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I have a 1935 Trap Gun that I am looking to re-stock. It is a Runge/Delgreco A1S upgrade. It is a BTFE/PG, and will go back to such. I intend to slim the BTFE a bit.
The gun will be used on targets occasionally. My questions are:
1. What would be the correct pistol grip treatment on a 1935 Remington gun?
2. Would a recoil pad be a mistake? (as opposed to a SSBP)
Here are some pics.
The gun
The wood:
Any suggestions will be appreciated
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Dean Romig
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Posted: Fri Dec 28th, 2007 07:06 pm |
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Why would you want to restock a Parker that looks as correct as it ever could look (for a Runge-DelGrego upgrade) just the way it is? I mean, it looks period-correct for an A1S and wouldn't with that new piece of wood. . . not that that isn't a pretty blank, it just isn't period-correct, is all.
Hope I didn't bust your bubble, it's only my opinion 
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Harry Collins
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Posted: Fri Dec 28th, 2007 07:09 pm |
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You lucky dog! I would put a Silvers pad on and shoot the snot out of it. You would be replacing beautiful wood with beautiful wood. ??? Why slim the forend down? You could have a splinter forend made to match the existing stock and have two correct forends rather than one incorrect one.
A beautiful Parker all in all and welcome to the PGCA.
Harry
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Bruce Day
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Posted: Fri Dec 28th, 2007 07:17 pm |
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Mr Dog:
1. The existing PG shape is correct.
2. A skeleton butt is incorrect for a Parker Double Trap gun. A Silvers, Hawkins or leather faced Silvers is correct. The black pad is not.
3. You asked for suggestions. I suggest you leave the gun alone and do not restock it by putting a piece of wood on it that is more suited for a Kreighoff than a Parker. The shape of the forend is also correct for a Parker of that year range. What you are proposing to do lessens value. I'm not a fan of upgraded guns, but this gun has a quality upgrade by well known craftsmen.
If a person wants a trap gun with tight PG , palm swell, slim forend, etc, there are thousands of Perazzi's , Krieghoffs, Brownings etc out there that can be sent to Fred Wenig to have a Wenig style stock put on.
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Carl Brandt
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Posted: Fri Dec 28th, 2007 08:53 pm |
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I'm with Bruce in all respects. I have just become a fan of the Leather Faced Silvers. Nice to look at and even nicer to shoot and positively will not mark up your vest or shirt like those darker pads do as they age.
My opinion: Preserve the Parker, Claro a K-gun.
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Posted: Fri Dec 28th, 2007 09:14 pm |
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Thanks for the responses. So, even if I re-stock the gun exactly as it now is, it would be incorrect due to the type of wood?
I guess I could always just save the original wood, if the day came that I would sell this gun.
BTW, I had to re-register, as I couldn't get back on as "luckydog".
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Posted: Fri Dec 28th, 2007 10:22 pm |
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| When that day comes PLEASE PLEASE !!!!! Call me in the mean time DO NOT TOUCH !
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Bruce Day
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Posted: Fri Dec 28th, 2007 10:53 pm |
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Yes, the wood is incorrect for a Parker. It would stand out like a sore thumb on a Parker. Parkers are generally valued on their originality or if restocked, correctness to original.
You need to use your full name on this website, like others do, or else you'll be deleted by the webmaster. "Todd" isn't going to do it either. The posting rules when you registered say to use your real and complete name. That way we stop most bad behavior, unlike some of these other gun sites.
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Don Kaas
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Posted: Fri Dec 28th, 2007 11:30 pm |
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I suppose what appears to be claro walnut (juglans hindsii) on the Delgrego re-stocked gun would be correct then, Bruce? Atleast the blank is "english" walnut (juglans regia)...
Perhaps we could lighten up on first time posters...atleast ones who seem somewhat sincere...
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Posted: Sat Dec 29th, 2007 01:36 am |
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Not looking for trouble, just information.
BTW, I go way back with the PGCA, and have even written articles for the news letter, back in the day. (not on technical stuff, of course)
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Posted: Sat Dec 29th, 2007 02:08 am |
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Well then Todd, I guess you might have expected such a range of opinions. Everybody has one. Nobody's absolutely right and nobody's absolutely wrong because it is only opinion. There is no "Rule Book" on the subject of collectibility or of what constitutes value. And especially in the case of a gun that is not "original" to begin with but is a gun with somewhat valuable provenance in the fact that is a "Runge-DelGrego Upgrade" which is probably the most highly esteemed upgrade ever done to Parkers. Most of the opinions have fallen on the side of "Don't do it" and as I stated, I fall on that side too. Don Kaas has had a great many Parkers restocked and knows whereof he speaks but I will not side with any one poster. I will say, however, if you must restock, please, at least save the stock and forend that it now wears because that is original to the provenance and that is where the future value will lie.
Dean
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