Well if Bruce is just a novice Parker guy, what's below that because that's what I am. But I'll give you my opinion anyway!
It's a project gun, nothing more.
It started out as a GH and was sent to Remington for new barrels, that's pretty much given.
At some point in time, the buttstock was enhanced with B type checkering but not up to Parker or Remington standards. Notice the cheek panel is elongated and the border looks to be a single line extending back to form the fleur de lis. The pistol grip checkering has no mullard border or any border for that matter. From what I've seen, Remington Parker's had at least some type of border and Meriden Parker's had a mullard border. The serial number is correct under the tang and from the one picture of the buttstock, there appers to be the shield, not the oval at the bottom of the stock.
The forend is a different matter. The checkering appears to be correct for a BH Parker. Since the serial number is correct for the iron, my guess would be that a B forend wood was found, the engraving for the forend latch and tip were filed off for later engraving which was never done. The only way to find out if the wood is original or a replacement would be to pull the iron off the wood and look for the serial number on the forend wood just like was done on the buttstock. It would be good to look for the serial number on the forend tip also.
Who knows about the engraving on the receiver, it could have been done by Remington or an outside source. Only someone real familiar with Remington engraving could give a clue. Best source would be the Del Grego's.
A very interesting Parker but Special, no.
That's my take.
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