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[Harry Collins]

It looks like a good solid Parker. The floor plate screws are in the wrong holes. They should "index" ie: the slots should be pointing in the same direction as the barrels. To get to the one infront of the trigger guard bow you need to take out the guard bow screw and the trigger guard bow will unscrew. What type of steel is inscribed on the rib of the barrels, Damascus or Parker Special Steel? Again a great looking Parker.

Harry

[gman]

Parker special steel. And thanks for the info on the screws.

[gman]

I have had the floor plates and guard off of other parkers and will go check on them given your advise on this gun. Am I to assume if the screws are original (and all the other gun parts seem to be - Numbers matching etc) and I properly unscrew them that I should get a combination where they all line up? If so do they line up generally in the proper direction or are they very precise?
Thanks

[Bill Murphy]

Don't go to a "furniture guy" to fix the chip. A furniture guy would ruin your gun taking the stock off. Tell us where you are located and maybe we can fix you up with a wood guy who can also fix screws.

[gman]

Live in northern Vermont ablout a mile from the Canadian border at the end of I-91

[Jim Akins]

Eric, the screws are marked on their end, the one with an X goes in front of the trigger-guard. One of the other screws will have a single line it goes (I think) on the left side, the other one has no mark, at any rate you have a 50-50 chance.

[gman]

Great. I will carefully get into it.
Thanks

[gman]

Took out the screws and only one lined up. All marked as you say. They were roughed up a bit and after 80+ years who knows what happened.
Thanks