So the key is still how it was ordered? Will the research letter likely answer that question, if the record is there?

1. new old spare spurred DHBP

2. 1915 VH with spurred DHBP

Corect, if the record is there...

Just got my research letter - that was fast. Ordered by A&F, 28" bbls of Titanic steel, straight grip, F/F (one side is now Imp), LOP 14 1/4, Drop at Heel 2 1/4" - I will have to measure both LOP and drop again to be sure. LOP is from front trigger to center of butt plate - right? I will also check the serial number under the tang on the stock. Thanks to all for your help!

With no mention of butt treatment we must presume your gun was made with a skeleton buttplate. Have you lifted and rotated the trigger guard to determine if the stock is stamped with the serial number?

Yes it is measured from the front trigger to the center of the buttplate.

I will check under the trigger guard. Thanks. At this point it appears I have a nice looking shooter - right.

Scott,

They are all shooters!

Harry

Your gun does not have the original stock in all probability if there is no spur on the buttplate. The flat buttplate would have been installed if the gun were stocked by Parker or Remington and the owner did not want to pay for the skeleton buttplate or the stocking was done after Parker quit using the spurred buttplate. In this case, the gun would be considered "factory" by many Parker collectors. Your restock does not appear to have been an unprofessional effort.

I agree with Bill, it is very nicely done.

I don't recall ever seeing an order for a D grade or higher where a DHBP was requested. There are a few orders where the order states no butt plate or no heel plate meaning the butt is checkered.

I was talking to a very well respected English gunsmith last week and he said the checkered butt was popular because the stock can be shortened or lengthened much easier than a butt with a pad or a SSBP. Makes sense to me.

Mark