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That wood is beautiful.
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Actually, a repair would be out of the question, I forgot about the tang extension. At least ok of the question if you planned on correctly putting the gun back together and removing the tang extension.
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The tang extension, while done well, is not nice enough to be a keeper. A integral part of the guns history perhaps, but not really something that I see when I imagine this gun finished. I'm interested to know if there is any way to keep the stock in one way or another. Up until now it was my belief that this stock was good only as a template for a restock.
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I'm wondering if some expert stock repair person wouldn't be able fix that break and make it whole again, even splicing in a piece of wood where the extended tang was inletted. Mark Larson comes to mind as being able to make different pieces of wood look like one piece. I have no idea if all this repair work is possible or what the cost to fix would be compared to a new butt stock but if the cost is similar, at least you would have the original wood on the gun.
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Chuck,
That's a good point. I've seen some of his work on here and he is a magician. I am talking to someone regarding the stock and will make a decision soon. My ideal build will not cost a fortune and I am planning on attempting a stock myself. I've already done a little work and want to give this a go if the original is not to be salvaged. I'll leave checkering and possibly inletting to the pros however. |
It hurts to imagine what on earth happened to this poor gun
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if they could only talk what they have been through..i have a old parker 8 ga that has been treated the worst of any gun i ve ever saw...charlie
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I would try and fix it first and foremost ...just my 2 cents ,if it couldn't be done then maybe a transplant ...but it seems to be all there ,a little splice here and there to fill out the missing pieces that may or may not be seen in the end,but in my opinion part of the gun's story
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Left lock sear replacement
So here is my latest update...
Brian Dudley was kind enough to stop by on his way to the Southern SXS. It was a real pleasure meeting him, his wife, and his guns! Brian helped me out with some parts I needed to get going. First of all I want to thank Brian for his help and advice. I'm a relative newbie to Parkers and given the age of this one, it was nice to get some pointers on how to move forward. The level of commitment and fellowship that our members have is amazing and Brian is a testament to that. Thanks also to Jim DiSpagno for his call the other day. What a guy (just don't plan on doing anything for a couple of hours if he get's you on the phone)! Jim has helped out too with lots of support! What a generous group we have. So here are photos of the tang extensioin inletting, the upper tang extension and the sear replacement on the left lock. Tang inletting and tang extension http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture...pictureid=6206 http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture...pictureid=6207 http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture...pictureid=6208 Tang extension removal http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture...pictureid=6224 http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture...pictureid=6225 http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture...pictureid=6226 http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture...pictureid=6227 http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture...pictureid=6228 http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture...pictureid=6230 http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture...pictureid=6229 The extent of the stock damage http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture...pictureid=6210 http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture...pictureid=6211 Sear repair http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture...pictureid=6212 http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture...pictureid=6213 I also cleaned and polished the lock parts. Then I removed the upper tang extension, filing and polishing down to original metal. Before and after... Before http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture...pictureid=6121 http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture...pictureid=6086 http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture...pictureid=6087 After http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture...pictureid=6220 More photos of the left lock http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture...pictureid=6221 http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture...pictureid=6222 http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture...pictureid=6219 There are many more photos available in the album I created for this project "Parker Lifter Project". Feel free to check them out if you like. |
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