Thru bolt in wrist of parker double stock

[wayne goerres]

If your are looking for a collector than by all means avoid the pinned stocks. If you are looking for a shooter than deduct a little from the price and it may become a good buy. There are people who can make that repair disappear but some of those repairs are rather charming and part of the history of the peace . Any competent gun smith should be able to check out the repair and make sure it is secure.

[OH Osthaus]

[QUOTE=wayne goerres;222341 There are people who can make that repair disappear
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Yes -if the internal damage is only a clean split - no decay, not busted up

A tale of two guns - both heavy Parker 12 bores that were likely waterfowlers from birth

neither had a bolt in the stock when I bought them

the first - I took the stock off to refinish and found it had a split in the head - but it was all solid wood- this stock has been de-oiled, stapled and arca-glassed and the head treated with crazy glue. this gun has digested many rounds since, up to and including Kent TM (it has 2 3/4 chambers)

the other - when I got it, the wood around the tang had a slight gap- I took the stock off - and found the insides oil soaked to the point of decay- this one needs a new stock

either of these could have been pinned and shot by the former owner and shot for a while- the first- may never have failed

I think the second would have eventually failed dramatically

my point in this and my earlier post post is - (except for that 10 Dean mentioned and I would love to see how Parker did it) - I assume a bolt means a restock - if you get it cheap and it holds - consider it luck