Yes a skeleton buttplate is more common than a checkered butt. And the Monte Carlo stock treatment isn't seen often but there certainly are examples of such. I will say the pattern of the checkered butt is a typical Parker pattern. Letters don't always give the details that we wish they did. Just because the letter doesn't mention something doesn't mean its not a factory original treatment.
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