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[Bruce Day]

I am no expert, and my statement about P forend checkering being different than V shows that. I was thinking that the P's had a border around the latch and they don't. So I was wrong. However, I am not concerned at all about the wood firgure. Its typical that P's have one nice figured side and the other fairly plain. I have one just like that. You know the forend has some silver wired border in there. You know the Western Field pad is not original and looks odd on a Parker. The stock checkering has a bulge above the grip that is odd and its not C type or P type.....I have both, I think I know. But I have seen and posted pictures of checkering that is odd for the grade . A close look may show it to be original or added but I would not rule out original. I've posted many pictures here of grades with non standard checkering.

By the way, I kind of like these little custom touches. I have seen guns with ivory grip caps and silver grip caps cast in the form of the standard Parker gripcap. I think they are neat. Not that I own any guns like that, but they are interesting.

What I would do with the gun is just clean it up, refinish the wood yourself, leave the silver wire forend with darkened center the way it is, clean up the metal and barrels with a little lighthanded Flitz or other cleaner/polish and leave it the hell alone. Maybe you consider changing out the pad to a Hawkins, etc. ( available at Conn. Shotgun web site) . Then shoot it and shoot it some more.