Help me understand...

[Garry L Gordon]

...what I'm seeing in the doll's head on this gun. I'm sure there must be an expert eye out there with an explanation -- evidence of later added ejectors? Thanks!

https://www.gunsinternational.com/guns-for-sale-online/shotguns/parker-shotguns/parker-dhe-16-gauge.cfm?gun_id=101447834

[Richard Flanders]

It's a (wear), sorry, a stop plate dovetailed into the dolls head

[Brian Dudley]

The ejector stop plate was either replaced and not fitted properly. OR it was installed upside down.

The plate should be fitted to match the contour of the dolls head extension. Flat on the bottom and concave on the top.

[Dean Romig]

Not only is the fit of the stop plate incorrect, the fit of the entire doll’s head is incorrect - possibly indicating the barrels came from a different gun. We often see evidence of barrels brought back on face evidenced by the gaps left on each side under the sides of the “page boy” haircut (for lack of a better description) of the doll’s head but for those gaps on all sides it seems to indicate something more strange.





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[Bruce Day]

You fellows back there get all the unusual guns. All I get out here is the standard stuff.

[Bill Murphy]

I'm not much for issuing "thanks" to my friend Bruce, but this was a great post.

[edgarspencer]

You fellows back there get all the unusual guns. All I get out here is the standard stuff.

I feel your pain. On second thought; No I don't.

[Dean Romig]

This is the doll's head of the subject gun. It never would have left the factory with such a poor fit and as I alluded earlier, they may even be replacement barrels.


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[Dean Romig]

There are some who would disagree with my opinion... to those I offer these factory originals.


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[Richard Flanders]

I agree with you Dean. I had noticed it didn't look right but didn't zoom in on the dolls head. It's clearly poorly fit and doesn't look original unless some smith filed it down some, and the stop plate isn't even close to fitting that dovetail. Poor work.

[Craig Budgeon]

I think the barrels were cannibalized from an extractor gun,thus the stop plate dovetailed int the dolls head. The dolls head has too large a gap around its periphery and is below the surface of the receiver. The engraving on the barrels looks faint and there is pitting on the top rib on the left side yet the receiver shows no signs of wear or pitting. There a lot been done to that gun that wasn't done by Parker Bros.