Thanks Mike. Yes, Accraglas has been a staple for me for years. I've written 3 books on vintage archery bows and my current hobby business of bow restorations includes using glass bedding for fiberglass limb repairs such that i buy the bulk version from Brownell's. There's even some on the Parker part of which is under the checkering I replaced. Yes, I'm in sync with you over the fragility of old oil soaked wood standing up to recoil. One of my fix-ups includes knocking back the oil with acetone or even with wood bleach and sealing the stock innards with s-glue or even accraglass to harden and protect.
As I was finishing up the Parker a few weeks ago and giving thought to taking up Cowboy action shooting, I watched some videos of matches. What I saw was speed reloading amounting to near abuse while slamming the guns open and closed then dropping them to pick up revolver or rifle. Unsure I want to subject my Parker to that, there was a total basket case NR Davis & Sons that had been sitting on the rack at a local (and still open) gunshop for as long as I've been going there. Cobwebs in the barrels and a stock that looked like someone attached a 2X6 to the receiver (and it broke at the fences so badly that there was more wood missing than still present). I gave them $100 and brought her home.
I actually had to glue a veneer of Zebrawood to both stock sides at the receiver and re-shape. But when back onto the gun, it originally must have been receiver proud because my added width at the receiver wasn't enough and there was originally very narrow receiver to stock contact. So I glassed her all around the tang and the trigger group and essentially rebuilt the stock width at the receiver with all Accraglas. Ugly but solid, I'm giving thought to hiding the buildup by adding checkering to the fences like is on many better grade doubles.
Once I got that beater looking good again, and cleaned out the barrels, I found the bores to be perfect and a pattern test of 30" barrels revealed full and fuller excellent patterns. Rather than cut the barrels, I bought some cowhide and built a leather monte-carlo cheekpiece and intend to try her as a trap gun. The old Ducker weighs almost 8.5 lbs. so a trap gun is probably a better future for the gun than as a sawed off coach gun. No conclusions until the ranges re-open, but I'm still seeking another fixer-upper ok to chop and serve as a Cowboy shooter, or if that competition doesn't "take" for me; a gun to stand behind the door and guard the toilet paper (grin).
Rick
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