parker shotgun butt silver shield

[stevenjay]

I shared my basket case Parker here about a month ago and I am now in the process of bring it back to shooting status. I want to get it as close as I can to original and this is no doubt the first of many questions. How was the silver Shield attached to the butt stock? thanks, Steve

[B. Dudley]

VH through GH grades used a brass shield held in with two brass nails.
Higher grades used Silver and Gold ovals also held in with nails.

Later Remington era guns were not held in with nails. They were soldered to a wood screw on the back side. So no evidence of fastening is shown on the outside.


When i install these, i glue them in with acraglass and then pin them with the nails and dress them off for an original look.

[Steve Havener]

The shield was inlet into the wood and secured with two brads through the shield. The heads of the brads were then finished flush with the shield.

[Pittypatdugan]

I have a gifted 20 ga Trojan, made in 1913 that letters to have cost 13 dollars, that I had to replace the stock with a parker stock that appears to be a Remington G grade
With a silver shield.
What a suprised that it should be brass, I will take off trigger guard to see if there is serial # Below

[Craig Budgeon]

Every Parker hammerless shotgun in grades VH-GH I have examined in the last 45years has had shields made from nickel silver/german silver which is an alloy of zinc and nickel. It doesn't tarnish readily and is soft or easy to form. It is cheap, is silver in color, and exhibits a pale yellow cast. Also if your hammerless Parker has a metal front sight it should be made from nickel silver not brass as many American manufacturers used for there front sights.

[B. Dudley]

The back sides of stock shields will develop green corrotion build up and push themselves off the wood from it. Is this a characteristic of Nickel Silver?

[Craig Budgeon]

It is typical of nickel to develop a green oxidation in humid condition or in enclosed areas. Nickel plating tanks typically form a green oxidation on them which has to be removed in order to have good current flow

[Phil C]

This is off the internet. Contains 50-80 percent copper, 5-30 percent nickel and 10-35 percent zinc; it may also contain small percentages of lead, tin and manganese.

I would think the green corrosion might be due to the copper content.

Shields made from Sterling silver have less than a dollars worth of silver.

[stevenjay]

Thanks for your help. I was watching a stock on eBay and lost it as I was sniped in the last 3 seconds. Oh well, I now have a better idea of what I'm looking for. I'll keep searching.

[Craig Budgeon]

Thanks Phil, I have never read a description of nickel silver that had a high copper content, however it makes sense as nickel silver is used frequently for electrical contacts.