Thoughts on GH stock
 

Gents: I picked this up about 6 years ago as a shooter with a repaired/replaced stock. I recently started to shoot trap with it and find the full and full chokes (.039 and .041) are deadly, especially from the 20 yd. line and beyond. I like it a lot. My question today is to ask opinions on the stock. You can see from the pictures that the head has been repaired (nicely, in my opinion) but the checkering patterns are definitely not standard Parker G grade. The points measure out to 20 lpi, which is consistent with other G's I have had, but the layout is completely different and the borders are not mullered. However, the serial number and grade are stamped into the wood beneath the trigger guard, and look like factory stampings I've seen on other guns. I'm sure a competent gunsmith back in the day could have replaced the wood and stamped the numbers in, but what are the odds that the wood is original, and the checkering recut, or simply done that way at the factory. I have a letter on the gun but the order book shows nothing unusual, and there is no stock book. Thoughts?

The numbers stamped in the trigger guard channel are suspect. They’re all different sizes and I’ve never seen such a thing on a Parker before. Probably replaced wood. The checkering is wrong on a few different levels. Certainly not done by Parker Brothers.






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Are you looking at the upside down 1's in the TG channel Dean??

Heres a pic of a slightly earlier G. I see what you mean about the different sizes. Thanks.

Both 1's are the same size and both 3's are the same size and both 5's are the same size but none are the same size as the others.

But beyond that, where's the blank space surrounding the forend latch?






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Similar GH from 1910
 

I owned a GH from 1910 which had a VH stock checkering pattern. Stock dimensions matched the letter and the stock fit like a glove. I figured they fit it up quick to fill an order or it was an employee gun.

In looking at the OP's picture #2 there may be a very well hidden repair of a crack which originates at the trigger guard screw and runs in a open "C" shape. Possibly a bit of custom checkering if repairs were done?

What Dean said

The rear line is wrong as well. This is what it should look like.

Right Randy…

Wow - nice gun!





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Good observations all. My gut is that it is a restock, front and rear, with checkering designed to imitate and supplement Parker G grade checkering. Why no third point on the grip panels is a mystery, since the checker went to the trouble of filling in most of the fore end, you'd think he would have put the third point in on the grips. At least I dont have to worry about cracking the stock with 1 1/8 oz. Peters paper shells. Thanks for all the input.