New guy ,just found a Parker

[Double Play]

Hi Chris,
Somhow I missed your original post. Please tell me how you determined the buttstock to be non-original. Did you look under the trigger guard to see if the serial number was stamped there? If it is the original stock then you should keep it even if you restock to your diamensions as that gun with the original stock would retain more value. Relativly few C grade guns were produced and Bernard barreld C grade guns are highly sought after. To aquire this gun for a mear pennance was fortunate on your part. Good luck with it and please do post some pictures when you can.

[chris dawe]

Hi Larry,I'm pretty sure it's not original, the checkering is poor ,it has a cheekpeice,plain buttplate and no there is no matching serial #......the people I got it from aquire most of their stock from europe,so I figure it found it's way over there somehow and someone installed the swivel stud's,cheekpeice stock ,and the awful rear bead as is customary with most european sxs gun's.
thank-you for your time
Chris

[Dean Romig]

A PGCA Research Letter may show it to have been ordered with a hinged front trigger.

[chris dawe]

Jent you're right about the trigger's the front one is close(too close for my fat finger's),up close they both look identical in shape and patina....perhap's when I get the stock off I'll see more.
Dean, the letter mentioned nothing about a hinged front trigger,although alot could happen in 114 year's !!!

All the best.

[Dean Romig]

Chris, if it was a hinged front trigger you would know it by the way it would be easily pushed forward to allow plenty of room to access the rear trigger.

[chris dawe]

So fella's ....should this gun be insured?....I don't want to sound green ,but when it come's to Parker's I geuss I am (this is my first)I paid very little for it,and for now I plan on just leaving it the way it is.(except maybe the buttstock)

Thank's again

[chris dawe]

No one ?...I geuss I sounded pretty green.

Thank-you all the same

[Setter Man]

Originally Posted by chris dawe

So fella's ....should this gun be insured?....I don't want to sound green ,but when it come's to Parker's I geuss I am (this is my first)I paid very little for it,and for now I plan on just leaving it the way it is.(except maybe the buttstock)

Thank's again

Call an agent for your homeowners insurance. I suspect you will find that it will be covered.

[chris dawe]

Sorry fella's ,I meant how much should it be insured for....also do anyone know where I could get a correct used stock for this gun,or perhap's some thing pre-inletted ? I would love to get it out grouse hunting this season ......with so much LIFE on the go one get's very little time for hobby's these day's.

Thank's again for the time.

Chris

[Bill Murphy]

You didn't send pictures that show the break in the stock. If the stock can be rerepaired, that would be my choice before spending the big buck on the restock. It is a great gun and no less interesting with the cheekpiece stock than in would be if restocked in the Parker style. If you feel it neccesary to insure it, you could probably get a professional appraisal for $2500 in its present condition.