It could very well be. If you closed the action with a zip tie in that location it would likely scissor the tie, not that I ever tried it. I can't imagine that it would have any effect on tightening lock up in that area of the frame.
Breck Gorman will iron out the barrel dents and if they require a slow rust blue he will perform his magic and also provide a barrel wall assessment.
The delivery is scheduled for Saturday and I am looking foreword to it.

That gun is really going to look nice. Fix the dents, reblue, refinish the stock. I wouldnt re-case color.

I agree Harold, I just emailed my PGCA letter request. The shotgun is being shipped from Pensacola, FL. I was told the owner who consigned it needed the cash. Being it was his Grandfather's gun, it's somewhat disappointing that a family heirloom ends up in a pawnshop. "Churn", it probably happens all the time, though not necessarily with vintage graded Parker shotguns that I can afford. I'm just glad to be able to "reel it in" and give it some well deserved care.

You did fine. Hard to go wrong with a Parker that has 32" barrels and cost $2200. Plenty of room there for repairs/refurbishing. My, how I love those 32" guns.

It’s kinda funny ! The first shotgun I ever had was a 12 gauge single barrel H&R with of all things a 32” full choke barrel . It was exactly what I asked for . Later in life I gravitated to 26” bird choked barrels (IC/M) . To be fair I started with the H&R at 8 years of age on hand thrown straight away clay targets and it didn’t take long to figure it out . The quail/dove/skeet barrels were easy to switch to . Now over fifty years later most of my so called target/pigeon guns are 30-32” and choked tight . The guns I use for tower shoots , walk ups , quail and dove are all choked a good bit tighter and longer than what was my preference thirty years ago . Everything goes full circle :whistle:

I think it is a good buy and a helluva gun. There is a whole lot of smiles left in that thing. If you don't want it later on just send it my way

There is no shim, lockup is tight. Chokes are full & extra full. Drop at the heel is a respectable 2-1/2”. I’m doing basic cleanup, bores are without flaw, nice and shiny other than the dents. Breck has agreed to master the barrels. No plans to rechase the worn checkering, not that bad. Just basic maintenance to get the old girl up and running. I picked up this old box of vintage Federal paper shells when I filled out the 4473. They worked well when I was a kid, they were old then.

You hit the jackpot on that gun!!! Beautiful wood...................you need to run out and buy some lottery tickets, LOL,,,,,:rotf:

Historically, it usually doesn’t work out that way for me. You are a fortunate gentleman. Sometimes you just have to take a chance.

What did you clean the wood with? Nice gun !