Doug, I have seen the "clamshell" carved round or ball grip on a dozen or so high-grade Parker lifters, most all of the vintage before the gold grip cap became more or less standard buttstock treatment. With some careful study I'm sure you could duplicate it.
The trigger guard tang issue however is a MASSIVE headache. Even if properly prepaired, the two dissimilar steel types will almost never take the same hue and depth of color at their juncture when re blued. You could think about cutting the tang inside the orbit of the bow as it curves down close enought that the resulting differences in color from rebluing would be most inconsipicuous. I have a lovely and rare 1897 AH Grade 16 ga. 0 frame with this identical issue. I'm having it restored with a straight grip using the aforementioned procedure, since some moron trying to fit a replacement V grade stock to it drilled an extra hole right through the incredibly delicate English scrollwork, ruining the rest of the tang. If the rest of the gun warrants it, I would go for it. Personally I would not pay in excess of $3000 for the gun in its present condition.
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