Stock question

[Joe Wood]

Is there any reliable way to tell the frame size an orphaned buttstock was made for?

[Dean Romig]

Accurate width and height measurements at the head of the stock is a good beginning, although no two can be expected to be exactly alike in both dimensions.

[Bill Murphy]

The Parker Story, page 527, displays a chart of the dimensions of all known hammerless frame sizes.

[B. Dudley]

If the serial number is in the records, that will at least tell you the guage of the gun. You can narrow it down to within a few frame sizes based on that. Then do the rest with measurements. In theory, a given frame size should be around the same dimentions regardless of the guage. So for example, a No. 1 frame 16g. should have the same dimentions of a No. 1 frame 12g. But as Dean said, there is variation.

[Bill Murphy]

Page 527 and a vernier caliper.