First Time Parker Owner

[IW1978]

Originally Posted by Brian Dudley

Just an observation on your gun. The buttstock on it is a later factory replacement. It would have been restocked by the factory after the mid 1920s.
The major clues to this are the checkering pattern, the un-spurred buttplate, and the general appearance of the finish compared to the forend. Also, as Dave mentioned above, the wood is of higher figure than typical for the grade in 1907.

This is by no means a negative, if anything, it means newer and more solid wood. As well as usually better dimensions than the original.

I thought this may have been the case because of the wood quality. It was night and day compared to other early VHs I was looking at.