1928 SBT Upgraded?

[B. Dudley]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

I might agree Brian but the Parker trap comb ‘nose of the comb’ is absolutely perfect. What restocker would have the finnesse of experience to recreate that unique look?





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My thoughts on a restock are based on the stock having no sign of ever having a flur drop point. Which would be on an SB. Meaning that the stock carving was not added on an original factory stock. Instead, the stock was made that way and carved. The carving execution is very good and was done by a skilled hand. I suppose one could speculate that the stock and carving was factory done on a special order. But without a letter to support that, it would be hard to believe. Of course other details like inletting quality would tell more of a story.

[Drew Hause]

It may be a Pachmayr upgrade. Some of the guns were reported to have been stocked in Germany
https://doublegunshop.com/forums/ubb...&Number=214544

https://parkerguns.org/forums/showthread.php?t=20781

The 'case colors' on the forend iron do not appear to be original

[Ralph Miller]

All, great information on the potential history. I bought the SB in Ca about 5 years ago, it was my first Parker SB. The Pachmayr pad was obviously added some time later, maybe in the 1950's or 1960's. The forearm has a number 3060 written in pencil on the inside? It looks like the original owner shot this SB a lot, but took good care of it.

Thanks,

Ralph