Stock Duplication

[Arthur Shaffer]

I wanted to check and see if anyone had experience with a stock duplicater who might possibly have a pattern for the lifter parkers. I have arranged for Breck Gorman to redo the barrels. I have cleaned up the metalwork, and the condition and finish looks really good on it and I don't want to redo it. I repaired a cracked trigger plate this week and as far as I know the other working parts look to be inreally good shape.Since the gun had a poorly made replacement butstock, I am planning on cleaning, deoiling, patching and bedding it to use as a pattern if necessary. I would love to find a duplicator that had a pattern for an original so I could be sure the outside is accurate. Barring that, an original takeoff that is not useable could be helpful.

[Jim DiSpagno]

Try our own Chris Dawe on this forum. He’s in Canada and shipping takes a while but his work is beyond reproach

[Mike Koneski]

Dan Rositter Sr still does stocks and has originals to work from. Same phone # as when DJ was Custom Stocks and Steel.

[john pulis]

Second that on DR senior. I sent him a splinter for duplication. Good charge and turn around and he is around the corner in PA.

[Brian Dudley]

Be very careful if you are not duplicating from a patter stock that you KNOW actually fits your action. Parkers are all hand fitted guns with a lot of variations. One does not fit all.

[Arthur Shaffer]

I called today and Dan Rossiter Sr is supposed to call me tomorrow to see what he has. When I used to build guns, I had my own duplicator and still have quite a few Turkish and English blanks. I have the existing stock about 2/3's of the way back to being a functional stock with inletting that fits, but the outside is the problem. If someone has a pattern that fits the model and frame, I would rather have a duplicate from it with enough wood left to make it work than one that comes from one with good inletting and generic shape. The forend is the original from a nice grade of wood and can be refinished and recheckered with no problem. I have a circassion blank that looks good and is close in color which could be matched to the forend. Luckily, Paul Bunyon or whoever made the replacement stock managed to cobble the original skeleton buttplate on, so after I weld up the optional fifth screw hole installed in it, I can reuse it. Thankfully he avoided any engraving. Nickel alloy welding rods have become my friend.