Parker Identification
 

I have had several parkers over the years, but now have acquired a butt stock that I am trying to identify. I has what I presume to be a serial number under the inletting for the trigger guard. #240xxx and below that 2 B. Ihas very good wood, the traditiona dog buttplate and parker pistol grip cap.
The original safety stock pieces are in place and it has a police shaped shield about 5-6" above toe. note this appears to be gold colored. My thought is that there is someone out there who wants to restore a good gun without replacing it with new wood. Any thoughts on identity.





















3240xxx and below tha a #2 space space B

John, what's the entire S/N? I'll tell you what the gauge was. The #2 in the channel means it was a Grade 2 (GH). We can guess the frame size it would fit if we knew the width of the stock head. Don't know what the B would stand for.

240570 so it should be a remington? I thought the 2 might be frame size?

Also it is 15/8 across flat and 1 15/16 top to bottom.

It was a 12 ga. GHE. Remington owned Parker Bros. This stock was made in 1937 so it probably was made in Meriden, CT.

It could very well have been from a 12ga. 1/2 frame gun. S/N 240571 is a known GHE 1/2 frame. The width matches, not sure about the height. Maybe someone knows what the height should be.

Hi John:

That B is a bit of a mystery to me as well. Is there any chance that it could be a capital R ? May we see a picture ?

An R would indicate Replacement I believe.





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Yeah Dean, I'm just grasping at possible explanations.

Sorry definitly a B. I Have some photos but don' know how to attach them to thread.

John:

If neither Chuck nor Dean know what the letter B designates then there is a good chance you may never get hard evidence. I was grasping at straws hoping we could find something, it seemed plausible. I would suggest that if you are really interested you join the PGCA and order a research letter. If you want to post pictures go to the homepage, then go to the FAQs and scroll down to the bottom, instructions can be found there. It is not that difficult. Best of luck to you.

It was a 12 ga. GHE. Remington owned Parker Bros. This stock was made in 1937 so it probably was made in Meriden, CT. I don't usually say "Don't bother ordering a letter" but we only have the IBM card and it's not really worth a letter IMHO.

The letter B could easily have been the initial or stamp of the stocker. Bruan Dedley wrote a pretty complete article on one stocker, Bannister, who often stamped his work PB as an example.





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Bruan is my cousin. And Dedley is his middle name.

I still wager we are talking about an R here.

Photos please when the OP can.

For help with attaching pics go to the home page, scroll down to the FAQ's in the tree on the left, then scroll down to the bottom where you will find instructions for attaching pics. It's pretty straight forward.

Sorry Brian.... FFS = Fat Fingers Syndrome :whistle:





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If you message Bill Murphy he can help you post photos. :eek: