Parker Research letter questions
 

Hi folks, new to the Parker world. Just purchased two Parkers and looking to get them shot worthy again. After receiving the research letters, I'm curious about a couple of details. On the 1906 Hammerless it says "special instructions were Silvers butt pad, word safe in silver, Dam under rib and stock like old gun". Butt pad I understand, but what does the other 3 things mean?

Will post pics and more questions once the guns ship to me next week, thanks in advance!

This I want to see!
 

For the safety selector button position, the word SAFE will be made with silver. Next question: will it be a piece that is inlet into the steel or will silver thread be worked into the engraving?

The rib under the barrels will be made of Damascus steel. Wondering why that will be requested? Hard to see it or what difference it makes to function or aesthetics.

The owner has (or had) one with stock dimensions they liked enough to ask Parker Bros. to duplicate it for this one you are getting.

Looking forward to pictures.

Thank you sir for the info. Definitely sounds like a unique gun. Cant wait to post pictures!

Tell us how that information compares to the actual gun. Are those features present?

I will as soon as I get it in hand.

I had a thread a while back that didn't get a lot of attention, but there is probably a lot more variation in rib material than eople realize. Breck Gorman has a running thread he calls Rib Art, l believe. I have a set of Parker laminate barrels with plain laminate top rib, plain twist rib behind the forend hook and Damascus in front of the hook. The Damascus steel in front of the hook is the finest, most delicate rosette pattern I have ever seen on a shotgun. Some people in the day may have put a lot of stock in this.

Those bottom ribs and barrels that Breck restored are gorgeous. Hopefully mine looks similar and I can get him to redo mine.

Welcome Mark and looking forward to seeing pictures of that Parker! It sounds very interesting...and cool!

Here they are. The 1906 Hammerless ended up being all original except for the Pachmyr buttpad and a Fulford Single Trigger. The lifter has some odd things going on, so I’ll be posting questions on it.

Here are the rest of the pics of the 1906. The safe selector appears to have inlaid silver letters.