Broken Stock

[Dean Romig]

Apparantly Parker Bros. had the experience and reputation to uphold in the area of stocks breaking at the wrist. The Parker gun is generally noted for its very desirable and classic 'thin wrist' and because of this, coupled with nicely figured wood on the graded guns, (gererally Grade 3 and higher) the necessity of the 'invention' of the hickory reinforcing rod became paramount and was possibly (or probably) an oversight on the part of those who designed/developed/commissioned the "Parker Reproduction by Winchester".

[Harold Pickens]

I bet if you took the stock off alot of old Parkers we would find some old repairs and/or cracks in the wood. Hell, they are 100 years old and I think the wood just becomes brittle. Had the stock off a SW16 to take care of a safety issue and found a crack that would probably have broken with a good fall, so we pre-emptively accraglassed it.
E-setter, yes, Betty is a little sweetheart. Has an unbelievable nose, will back forever, retrieves and loves me to death. Tried to breed her in Feb., but was unsuccessful. BTW, I live in Wheeling now but lived the majority of my life in Belmont County, Oh and do most of my local hunting in Oh where I still own 170 acres. It is an absolute shame what has happened to the Ohio grouse population. I talk to several Cincinati grouse hunters each year in the UP.
Damn, I missedethat bird!