Different butt stock and grip cap

[Elk Hunter]

I certain the butt stock of my D grade ten bore has been replaced as the quality of the wood is not up to D grade standards, at least like others I've seen. There is no gold initial shield on this stock. The skeleton butt plate is there but, someone cut a thin slice off the original stock and put it on this one so he didn't have to re-cut the checkering. Don't know whether he was clever or lazy. The fit is as close as any original so I'm wondering if a smith ordered a replacement from Parker but, in a lower grade. I've not seen a grip cap like this one so again I'm wondering if it has been modified.

What say you fellows?

[charlie cleveland]

the stock looks correct to me..but the grip cap is custom...charlie

[B. Dudley]

No drop points. So not correct for a D grade. But it does have a 3 point checkering pattern. So if it is an original Parker stock, then it is from a G grade. Checkering looks recut and it doesn't have the proper mullerd border.

[Bruce Day]

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[B. Dudley]

With all due respect Bruce, a serial number simply being under the guard does not guarantee originality of the stock. But it is a place to start looking when checking for originality.

[Dean Romig]

The grip cap with the gold escutcheon looks like it is from a Grade 5 or BH Parker. It is very nicely done and engraved around the screw like a few I have seen. They often had more engraving on the gold cap but I have seen a couple of them with only minimal engraving like this one. As Brian says, the rest of the stock looks to have come from a Grade 2 Parker.

I just took a close look and see that the checkering is done in the Remington style. Are there any Remington date codes on the left barrel flat?

[B. Dudley]

But no border is visible on the bottom of the grip. Which leads me to believe it has just be incorrectly recut.

[Dean Romig]

The boys at Remington weren't always well versed in the old Parker Bros. nuances in checkering and a number of other features of the Parker Gun. It could still very well have been done at Remington in Ilion.

As a prime example of the 'license' they took in stock work and variations in checkering take a look at the checkering on the straight grip of Russ Jackson's CHE 20 ga.

[Pa SxS]

That gun is a GH, not a DH. Look at the receiver engraving. What is the number below the S/N on the receiver flat and what is the full serial number?

[B. Dudley]

It could be a very early DH, which has less engraving coverage on the frame.