Parker PH assessment

[Bill Murphy]

Elmer, your hand guard blocks your sighting plane because it has been put on upside down. Slide it off the muzzle and turn it upside down and slide it back on with the indent for the forend to the rear and the split on the top of the barrels. Now your sight plane will not be obstructed. If the padding is worn to metal on the inside, make sure you protect the barrels from abrasion.

[Elmer Wolochaty]

Huston - we have a problem!... If I do as you suggest, the protector will only slide to the first sling adaptor. .. another indicator that the adaptors were not put on by by the mfg. It's hard to say what the original owner had in mind, other than the fact that the comfort issue of using a sling was in mind. In addition, why 2 sling attachments? Obviously they both had a purpose.
Any thoughts about my recent post under General discussions?

Thanks Bill

[Double Play]

Elmer,
If the question to restore or not is based on increasing the monetary value of the gun then I believe the answer would be don't do it as you would never get your money back. There are some things the average person can do to spruce up a gun but the major work, screws, case colors, restocking would need to be done by a professional to give it a real Parker look.

I attached a picture of a documented factory installed swing swivel. Look to see if it is similar to one or both the swivels on you gun. It's my guess one of the previous owners bought the gun with the swivel already on the barrel but needed it moved for comfort or perhaps a longer strap and had another swivel added. Good luck with your gun.