“Premium Pad”

[Mills]

If I had a SBT that needed new fore end, I think I would have one made like the grooved fore end in that Parker SBT ad.

[Bill Murphy]

I would guess that the guy who wanted "no grooves" in his forend saw pictures of the grooves in an ad rather than an actual gun with a grooved forend. Mills, I have a feeling that you could make a grooved forend from a standard single trap forend.

[John Davis]

I think Bill is correct about the grooved forearm. And I believe the reference to a premium pad is generic in nature. In other words, whatever pad Parker had in stock at the time. If they referenced a specific brand, then it was probably by specific request of the customer. Just my uneducated guess.