Shield on Parker Stock.
 

I noticed on a number of Parker Shotguns that they have some sort of small shield on the under side of the stock.I looked at my Parker and it does not have a shield on it.The guy my wife got my Parker from said it was all original eccept for the recoil pad.So my question is....... Did all Parkers come with a shield on the stock? Thanks in advance.

Armond,VH,PH and GH hammerless guns had a german silver "police badge" shaped shield on the stocks. DH and CH guns had a silver oval shield. BH and up had a gold oval shield and the lowest grade gun the Trojan grade had no shield at all.

Thanks for your quick reply.

My 1877 vintage '0' grade has a silver shield on the top of the wrist.

Mark,
Dave's comments were directed to hammerless Parkers, lifter hammer guns are a bit different. The shields are found on the stocks even on the higher grades but they are gold on the B grades and higher, silver on the rest. But I may be off a bit (?) because C grades might have gold shields .... I'm not sure and I don't have a quick reference at the moment. Anyone help me on this?

Robin, I believe it is gold for B and higher.

Most all (unless ordered otherwise) hammer guns, lifter and top action had shields on top of the wrist of the stock but again, B and above had the cap of the pistol grip or ball grip of gold.

Stock Shield
 

I have V, P, and G from all eras with the nickle silver shield midway between grip and butt; two D's with the nickle silver shield in the wrist, and a Dam 6 with a similarly shaped but gold shield in the wrist. There are at least two D's with oval shields in the butt of some other metal than gold.

Best, Austin

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Austin, are those all hammer guns?

Shield
 

No; It is a sampling of the whole range. Most of the DH 's have ovals, but not all are gold. Several VH PH and GH have the shield about 6 in from the toe of the stock. I have a DHE with no shield or oval.

Best, Austin