Thoughts on GH stock
Gents: I picked this up about 6 years ago as a shooter with a repaired/replaced stock. I recently started to shoot trap with it and find the full and full chokes (.039 and .041) are deadly, especially from the 20 yd. line and beyond. I like it a lot. My question today is to ask opinions on the stock. You can see from the pictures that the head has been repaired (nicely, in my opinion) but the checkering patterns are definitely not standard Parker G grade. The points measure out to 20 lpi, which is consistent with other G's I have had, but the layout is completely different and the borders are not mullered. However, the serial number and grade are stamped into the wood beneath the trigger guard, and look like factory stampings I've seen on other guns. I'm sure a competent gunsmith back in the day could have replaced the wood and stamped the numbers in, but what are the odds that the wood is original, and the checkering recut, or simply done that way at the factory. I have a letter on the gun but the order book shows nothing unusual, and there is no stock book. Thoughts?
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