Hello everyone, i am quite new here. i have inherited an old VH grade 20 Parker Vulcan steel shotgun in the beginning of the year. it is missing parts and needs a stock badly. made around 1873-1885,( still uncertain about date) it is in pretty good condition. Barrels are awesome and engravings are good but the butt stock... Well it broke right down the pistol grip around thirty years ago after my great uncle shot it. when he took it apart to clean it, my grandmother threw the parts away. then he gave it to my grandfather to see if he could find parts for it. So i am looking for a trigger plate, trigger mechanisms, cocking slide and trigger guard and of course the butt stock. I been searching ebay and the internet forever trying to finds parts for this old dog here and so far its like searching a needle in a haystack
I need information on where i could find parts in easy reach and if anyone has parts that are to this grade and model, i be happy to buy them off of you.
The thing is everyone tells me is modern parts would decreases the value. i don't care much of value, only caring that it stays in the family and it goes down to my son someday and to his son and so on. Though I did take it down to a local expert gunsmith, he gave me a site where they would have original parts. parkershotgunrepair.com Could he possibly have parts that are close or exact to the same year of this shotgun? If so are they more expensive than just modern parts today? What my goal is to make this shotgun fireable then just hang it or shoot it rarely.