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[Craig Larter]

The gun has many strong points, the engraving is in excellent condition as is the checkering. The wood finish is worn but still 80%. The negative is it has a stress crack in the wrist from just behind the tang down to the trigger guard and part of the way up the opposite side. The stock does show some wiggle. I don't want to de-oil the stock to repair the crack so Brian Dudley is going to put a dowel in the wrist coming up from the grip cap. Griffin and Howe were very nice and refunded some dollars due to the crack which was not revealed in their description. I decided to keep the gun since the good outweighs the bad in my opinion. It's a spectacular gun in my opinion and shows very well in hand. Not sure what the brownish tint is but it appears to be patina and not corrosion. I have been told by experienced Parker collectors that the brownish tint will clean with a solvent like lacquer thinner and it may be a permanent change to the metal surface according to others. I plan to go slow with any attempts to clean with a solvent.