PH 16 GAUGE ON A 0 FRAME

[Ruff Hunter]

I'm with Bruce....I too like the look of a good honest hunting gun in original condition, but this one is just too far gone to pretend that it still looks good. A Parker deserves to look better than that. New pad, deoiled and steamed stock with new finish, blue the trigger guard, triggers and safety button, carefully clean up the frame, and then evaluate whether the barrels should be restored. After that's all done properly, even the naysayers will admit that it looks better and is more desirable to own than in its current condition...well, maybe not all of them...

[Opening Day]

I with Daryl, Bill and Dean. Nice original gun, clean up the stock, maybe maybe not replace the pad, maybe put a coat or two of tung oil on the stock and see how the barrels clean up with some Hoppes #9 and bronze wool. If you redo the stock, then the stock won't look right (too new) to the rest of the gun, do the stock, barrels and reblue the trigger guard and then the receiver sticks out looking bad. That's my 2 cents.....