VH stock

[Anthony Cibelli]

Was a VH grade Parker ever available with a teardrop stock? even as a special order?
thanks Tony

[Bill Murphy]

???

[Rick Losey]

I would assume he is reffering to the "tear drop" off the back of the side panel

[Mark Ouellette]

Hmmm, I suppose one could have ordered a D Grade Stock and checkering on a VH but why would they have done so?

Without a Parker letter stating that a D Grade Stock and checkering were ordered with the VH, or upgraded by Parker Brothers or Remington, it would be considered replaced by other than Parker.

[Dave Suponski]

One of our members has a wonderful 26" VHE with C grade wood and the gun letters.

[Mark Ouellette]

Yup, the gun letters ...

[Bill Murphy]

I'd like to see a picture of the gun and the letter. What a gun that must be.

[Dave Suponski]

Yes it is Bill, Maybe the owner will see this post and put up some pictures. I am pretty sure he posted pictures of it here some years back.

[Brian Dudley]

I think the technical term is drop points. Or maybe not...

[Anthony Cibelli]

thank you
please keep me posted - Tony

[Anthony Cibelli]

finder's fee offered for an original VH 20 or 16 gauge stock with the original Parker butt plate - for the right price!
thanks - Tony

[Mark Ouellette]

Anthony,

Please post the frame size and serial number range of the gun, i.e. 135,xxx. The drop of Parker's top tang varied throughout their years of production. This means that not all Parker stocks are interchangable even between receivers of the same frame size.

Mark

[Brian Dudley]

I have 2 different No. 1 frame Parkers that are within a few thousand S/N of each other and they do not interchange at all.

[Dave Suponski]

As Mark correctly mentioned. The drop(angle) of the top tang of the frame will vary. One of the biggest differences I have noticed is between pistol grip stocked guns and straight stocked guns. In fact the angle of the floor plate tang(for lack of a better word) varies quite a bit also between these two stock styles.This by itself is a big reason these stocks are not "bolt on's".

[Anthony Cibelli]

#131424 - pistol grip stock VH 20 gauge
thanks - Tony

[Mark Ouellette]

Anthony,

I am not sure what your VH 20 with 32" barrels is worth but I bet it is plenty! If it were me for a highly collectable Parker such as yours, I'd pay a professional to find and fit a proper Parker stock to it.

Just my not so humble opinion,
Mark

[Anthony Cibelli]

still looking for an original stock