What I can say from every Parker (that I recall) that I have actually worked on, or taken apart for parts, the shields has been held in with brads. Same goes for Ovals on higher grades too. Like I said, I have seen stocks that have shields without brads, just never taken the shields out.
I do have an DH stock sitting around that has an oval with no brads though.
This does raise a very interesting question about Parkers applications of the metal mounting plates.
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