Never give up on a Parker. Two or three new floor
plate screws, a couple of cheek panels laminated over that great carving, lots of walnut dust mixed in with glue and checkering filled, recut forend checkering and two new pistol grip panels cut and finish the wood yourself and a nice five yard gun on the cheap.
I sold a favorite Remington Parker VH because someone got carried away and screwed the checkering and then went deeper so that the stock was flat on one side of the grip. When I next saw the gun the checkering had been filled and recut and one could not tell it had ever been anything other than factory.
I buy the same junk because it is a challenge.
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