Pleased to present...

[Fishtail]

There was a lady here, she went hunting with her husband and somehow the gun gun accidentally went off and shot him 4 times. Then her camp shovel accidentally went off and dug a pretty deep hole. Then, the guy was so surprised by it all he rolled into the hole and all the dirt fell in on top of him. She was so shocked that went home and forgot to tell anyone about it for over 15 years.

[TOOL MAN]

In the words of Horace Greeley, "...only one thing endures and that is character."
That pad spells Character with a capital "C." I wouldn't touch a thing. What a find. Beautiful gun!!

[Bill Murphy]

I have a couple of favorite Parker singles with new Griffin and Howe repro Silver pads that I replaced years ago. Some day I will take the time to reinstall the original D-W and Silver pads on them. My AHE Trap also has a G&H Silver repro, has since 1986. I had a couple of spacers put under the pad because "A trap gun just had to be 14 1/2" long". That original Hawkins pad will be a bit harder to reinstall. I displayed this gun at the Eastern Panhandle shoot, along with some others on the PGCA tables. From now on, I leave them alone.

[Pay Dirt]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

I would be leaving that old Silver alone, or sell it to me, the gun not the pad.

Originally Posted by Craig Larter

I am with Bill leave it as is. A new pad will spoil a very classy gun just my opinion. I will take it as is and keep it as is. You asked

Originally Posted by Steve Cambria

In the words of Horace Greeley, "...only one thing endures and that is character."
That pad spells Character with a capital "C." I wouldn't touch a thing. What a find. Beautiful gun!!

Any thoughts on grunge eradication??
In the spirit of "do no harm", can a century of accumulated
dirt and grime be gently removed??
Thank you.

[Bill Murphy]

Most posters ask how to age a newly installed repro Silver pad to get the grunge back. 409 should work to get your grunge removed.

[Pittypatdugan]

The pad looks great like it is , some here use goose blood and other exotic things to get a pad to look like yours.