Unfortunately the magnet mission was not succesful the creek in question is called Brice creek it’s a branch off the Trent river which flows from the famous neuse river. The specific area of the creek the forend fell into was an outcropping of the creek with a depth at high tide of at least 10ft this creek is tidal not a ripping current but slow and constant movement.
I’m grieved to say, the forend is lost for good. This Parker 12ga repro was my first Parker I traded some other guns of less value than this gun in a trade with my father (he bought it for me but wanted some other guns for trading fodder in exchange) I learned to shoot a side by side well with this gun. my close friend and fellow marine and I took it to the southern this year for our first time ever in a registered shoot. I fell in love with the classic reliable American made Parker because of this 12ga and it’s the only reason I’m on the forum today.
The question is now whether I should put what’s left of the Parker up for sale on the forum or just hold on to it and if I did what would be a fair asking price? I cannot afford to buy a separate repro and make a two barrel set. Is there any hope for some sort of forend replacement still?
For reference the gun is a DHE 12ga 28” barrels choked IC/MOD without splinter forend and pistol grip, I find the walnut on the gun to be desirable above some other reproductions I’ve seen but I’m a little biased. I have the gun case no snap caps oiler bottle or cleaning rod inside though.
I appreciate the responses and care of the forum members for the situation.
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