I need someone to post or send me a P.M. picture of an O grade top lever hammer gun pistol grip stock, showing the checkering pattern and the configuration of the stock in the area behind the grip. I'm sure mine is original with a canoe paddle comb, but someone did a bad refinish and the area behind the grip is deeply undercut leaving the stock looking like a hose with a paddle atttched. Also, the serial number is not under the trigger guard. Is this something the hammer guns didn't have consistantly. The stock has the DHBP (proper one for 1893), the grip cap is checkered(no Parker Bros), and the stock shield is behind the top tang as normal. The Parker Story doesn't seem to show many cuts of anything but the action and barrel views. Thanks! Lee.
