I can see it.

Maybe if Mr. Abraham could show us the forend iron at a very slightly different angle we all could see it.

Dean, looking at the inletting in the wood for the forend iron, there is no provision for the extended iron or a hole evident for the screw to pass through. Are we looking at the same pics on page two of this thread? In the second set of pics Mr. Abraham shows the inletting for the forearm iron ( the picture showing the serial number stamped in the wood), it looks like the inletting for a standard forearm iron and no thru hole.
Am I missing something here? Quick link below.
http://parkerguns.org/forums/attachm...9&d=1360539976

Perhaps pics from a different angle would make it more evident to my feeble old eyes.

Thank for showing that David. I stand corrected. I was looking at the iron only which appears to have the thicker forward section that is necessary to drill and tap for the reinforcing screw. Now that you point out that picture of the wood I agree with you.

Boys my ole daddy told me a long time ago "When in doubt get out"

I've said my peace and Gary summed it up......As they say on some TV show I'm "out". Eric

GHE skeet forend
 

OK, I took it apart for you. I hope you can clearly see the hole through the forend, the hump in the iron, the screw and the comparison between this and the splinter forend I took apart also. You can see the upward curve of the skeet iron as opposed to the flat iron of the splinter.
I don't know what else I can do for you.

Looks like a Parker forend and barrels to me, but what do I know?

Its not The Parker Skeet Gun as defined in The Parker Story Chapter IX Trap and Skeet Guns and listed in the 1934 Skilled Hands Remington Parker Catalog as The Parker Skeet Gun , but IMHO it is a Parker skeet gun that is factory modified post initial manufacture for skeet shooting. Lots of guns went back to Parker or Remington for re-work or additions . I and my friends are fortunate to own some of them.

If I was looking for a skeet gun or a 12ga for close shooting, I would give consideration to this one. Its a lot fancier than the guns Billy Bob , Blind Bat and I ( Smedley) go for walks with in the cow pastures.

David, Please note the extreme forward end of the forend iron on these two examples. note the distance from the forward most screw. That area is a tapped boss to receive the screw that runs from the tip. This helps seure the iron to the wood on beavertail equipped guns.

This could have been a gun factory equipped with a beavertail. For anyone to describe this as a factory skeet gun is a bit ridiculous. Del Grego couldn't have had all the facts to make the statement that is claimed. In my opinion, the Del Grego shop converted this gun into a skeet gun and stamped it, like they did many others. The poster got good information on the trapshooters forum and got the same information here. It's not an original skeet gun. Nice gun though. By the way, I'm not clear on the present barrel length. Is it 26" or 28"?

Bill

The barrel length is 26" the book says this gun should be 28" thats how this all started