Plugs in butt of stock

[Dean Romig]

This was just sent to me by a long-time friend and esteemed PGCA collector to illustrate my post about the patent stamp for the hickory reinforcing rod.

Parker Brothers displayed this gun, a Damascus barreled 12 gauge BHE at the 1904 Worlds Fair.
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[John Bastiani]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

This was just sent to me by a long-time friend and esteemed PGCA collector to illustrate my post about the patent stamp for the hickory reinforcing rod.

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Thanks for the information! Alot to learn about Parkers! Its about the same as trying to learn everything about the Winchesters that I have collected the last 40 years.

[B. Dudley]

I have also seen the patent stamp under the buttplate of guns. Stamped over the wooden plugs where the rod was inserted.