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I added pics of the gun and specifically the reinforcing rod through/across the head. Is there any chance this was done by the factory ?

I finally got around to taking some measurements of the gun. It has 26" barrels, choked IM, F. Bore diameter of .660 and a MWT of .040. No real damage except for the butt plate and the rod through the head.

I like the gun except for that bolt/screw/rod through the head. The owner hasn't given me a price yet; I think he's waiting for me to make an offer.

I'd like to hear any opinions about the reinforcing device and how it affects the value. I'm guessing that if it wasn't done at the factory it puts the gun more in the shooter class, which doesn't bother me. Honestly, I'd be more at ease if the gun wasn't in such good shape. Like I said I like restoration projects.....

That repair doesn't really look like a factory job... but one never knows. A letter might not even make reference to it if Parker Bros did it and certainly not if Remington had done it.
Also that repair doesn't keep the gun from being a very good shooter and, again only as a shooter, shouldn't affect value by more that 20% or so.

if the repair is solid - here is someones approach to the cosmetics of it


http://parkerguns.org/forums/showthr...ighlight=cheek

i have a coupla guns with this type repair and have shot heavy loads thru them with no problem...charlie

Thanks for the replies about Mark Larson. I actually emailed him earlier before I knew he did this type of repair.

The repair is very solid, but I just don't like the rod going through there. I'm guessing the stock head split and this is a repair; there is a little seperation between the trigger plate and the stock on the left side.

I really like the gun. Maybe the owner will agree to a very good price (for me at least) because of the repair needed to the head. We'll see......

I have seen this exact stock pinning on a couple of guns that had no visible signs of crack's. Does your gun indeed have a repair at the head of the stock? Realizing of course that the fracture may be internal.

Autumn Daze. There are no extrernal signs that the stock is cracked and I cant take it apart becuase I do not own it yet.

Vince, We have seen in the Parker order books the phrase "Pin stock". Unfortunatly we have not seen a gun that the letter had that notation in it to examine. But I suspect that it could closly resemble your gun.

Dave, I made reference earlier in this thread to one we saw about two years ago where there was such a notation in the order book.... if memory serves.