Just my 2 cents, not always welcomed.
If you build fly rods, you have skills. If you want to keep this gun:
1. Replacement large size reproduction spurred butt plate from N.C. Ordnance. Fit it yourself.
2. If off face, buy shim stock package from Brownells and fit correct thickness over roll joint to tighten barrels to frame. Remove stock from frame and with a hair dryer get out as much oil as possible. And if you are really skilled, find out how much it needs to tighten up, remove roll joint (not an easy job but possible), measure, and buy an oversized one from Brian Dudley and replace it ($125 I think).
3. Leave everything else alone including Ray-bar sight, screws, pin in head of stock, and shoot it. Shootable for from $40 (butt plate and shim stock) to $160 (if you go with the oversized roll joint).
4. Clean bluing and all metal with Frontier 45 pad and oil, or Chore Boy copper pad (similar to former). Do not use steel wool.
Now your Parker beginning collection has a rainy day/field gun.
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