If a person had a genuine interest in the gun, it wouldn't take much to remove the forend iron and determine if the forend wood has the proper serial number. While I appreciate that a skilled counterfeitor can duplicate that too, I believe that such counterfeiting is rare. There is lots of discussion about whether the forend is right or not. To my eye, it has the proper narrow , barrel hugging configuration for a late beavertail forend, which look different than the earlier, blocky beavertails. The serial number in the forend wood will tell you whether the wood is factory or not, and to me as long as it is factory work, I would not care when it was done. I have also seen many thin recoil pads on late guns, and can provide provide photos if needed. The leather facing is unusual, but Parker offered leather faced thin pads, and whether it is factory leather faced would not be consequential to me.
If a person was a serious Parker collector of skeet guns, I think this gun merits interested consideration . The price is always open to negotiation but if a person is never willing to pay the price, he seldom gets what he wants.
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