Conner,
We have a book that list many Parkers by serial number. Unfortunately yours was one of the serial numbers that was not included. The three serial numbers in the book that followed your Parker were all DH guns with Titanic Steel Barrels. 105975 had 30" barrels. 105977 & 978 sported 32" barrels. I was wondering what the length of you barrels? Brian is a wealth of knowledge and I trust his assessment on value, condition, etc. A friend of mines grandfather ordered an AH with Whitworth Steel barrels in 1897. He was a live bird shot and had sent the gun back to the factory five times for minor adjustments to stock and additional sets of barrels with minor changes in pattern. I suspect your Parker was used as a trap or live bird gun with the stock and frond changed to shoot a higher pattern. I can't tell from the pictures on my small computer screen, but it appears the checkering is skip line. Makes me think the work was done in the 1970's.
Kindest,
Harry
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