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Originally Posted by John Bastiani
The records show that this gun was originally stocked with a straight stock from the factory. If the grip cap is installed backwards is this even a factory Parker stock?
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I think the jury's still on that regard John. The wood is appropriate for a Remington era Grade 2 but maybe a bit over the top in figure. Generally speaking the super nice figure on the lower grades didn't start appearing regularly until after the move to Ilion. To my mind the borders don't have that perfect concave mullering we might expect to see on a 1935 Meriden produced Parker but there was more than one person doing the checkering and each had his or her own style.
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