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Neill, Yes it was an option and sometimes the checkering can hide a repair! D grade guns are the best bang for the buck in Parkers this is just my opinion, I have owned many nice D grades wish I had a couple of them back! oh well you can not keep them all. Gary
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Can I hear an AMEN!! to the responses from Rich and BD!!
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02-11-2013, 11:53 AM
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Here is a factory D grade stock with checkered side panels from around 1900. The letter states this was a requested addition. This is the"It's all wrong gun"
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Although D Grades were made with English walnut stocks, Parkers are notorious for splitting stock heads. Especially with overloaded US ammunition. I would suspect any D with checquered "cheeks" has had a split stock head repaired at one time in the past.
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02-10-2013, 08:46 AM
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Spend forty bucks, get a letter. I only own one checker cheek D and the cheeks were on the order.
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I have an o frame DHE16 with checkered side panels also. I have tried hard to find evidence of repair, even with a magnifying glass, but cant find any irregularities. I would probably have to remove the stock to really find out. The factory letter does not mention it as a special order in 1905, but it was returned to the factory in 1910 and the letter states the stock was "redressed", whatever that means. Ihave had differing opinions on it from knowledgable Parker people--some said it was as right as rain, but others felt it might not be Parker factory work. One of these days I will take it to one of the sxs shoots or PGCA meetings and get an opinion from people far more knowledgable than me.
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