Learning before my 1st Parker purchase

[Bruce Day]

A 240 skeet gun will/should have choke markings.

A factory beavertail forend will have the SN stamped into the wood and concealed by the metal mechanism. The gun is likely to have the reinforced barrel/forend lug because it is a late Rem gun but not all late V grades did, so that is not determinative. However, if it does have the reinforced lug, that says it is correct for a beavertail. So next look for the correct late narrow configuration and checkering layout for a late Rem Parker beavertail. Check for the through bolt and a correct front end of the forend iron, not welded together to hold the bolt end, but factory correct. Then look for the stock....should have but not necessarily have a checkered butt. Look for the halfway placement of the stock shield to see if the stock was chopped aftermarket and a pad added. Pull the TG tang and check for the SN stamped in the wood in the tang channel. Look at the underside of the TG tang and see if there are weld lines to indicate an extension was added. Look for the correct SN on the TG tang.

Now, my comments are directed toward factory correctness. If the gun is not factory correct and it suits you, and the cost is rational for what it is, and you like it, well, buy it and enjoy it.