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Not only were they drilled to alter the weight of the buttstock but Parker Bros. also inserten a patented hickory reinforcing rod right through the length of the stock to prevent breaking at the wrist of some of the more figured stock blanks. Some of these specimens still have the patent date stamped in the wood, often in a conspicuous place.

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