The Mershon Co., Inc. Recoil Pad

[Austin W Hogan]

Bill : Take a look at that PP article on a A Visit to DelGrego. There is a picture of a young Babe and a very young Lawrence holding two Invincibles - with 200000 wearing a white line. The original hangs in the Del Grego shop.

Best, Austin

[Don Kaas]

The Mershon/Pachmayr White Line Pad may be "period correct" on a late Parker gun but it remains as tasteless as a hot house tomato dressed in a white polyester Nehru jacket...ditto cyanide case colors and claro walnut...

[Bill Murphy]

The pad on #200,000 is probably a Del Grego logo Pachmayr pad. The gun's previous owners were long time Del Grego friends. In those days, Larry Del Grego Sr. had no idea how to access original type pads and installed his own pad if the customer did not provide one. Don is right about "tasteless", but then my favorite Parker has gold, silver, ebony, ivory, and pearl inlays, and several major parts are gold plated. On the other hand, it also has a properly finished skeleton butt.

[Don Kaas]

Now Bill, like Liberace and more recently Lady Gaga, some full blown monstrosities such as "The Pimp Parker" transcend mere "taste"and create enduring and heartwarming niches in the American pysche...Mies van der Rohe was not always right...occasionally, too much is more...

[Will Gurton]

I am sorry to drift too far off topic here, but I have a delemia.

I just purchased a relatively nice 1903 Browning A5 that had the finest original buttplate your likely to run across. Thanks too blunt force trama dealt by USPS I now have a jigsaw puzzle and broken toe.

I am thinking that I will cut her back and fit a period pad.

My question is which would be most appropriate?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks, Will

[Don Kaas]

Will-I have a Silvers pad on my Remington Autolading Shotgun (pre M11 Grade F). I recommend one on your A-5 or the softer Galazan "period pad" or Griffin & Howe copies. Check eBay as the original Browning plates often turn up. I found one of the 2 ring horn plates for my first year Superposed "Joe Knapp Club" gun.-Don

[Will Gurton]

Thanks Don.

Is there a Silvers that is not a full inch thick?

I have an original on an 11E that is thinner and I like the look alot.

Will

[Bill Murphy]

Will, I also have noticed that some early Silvers pads were thinner than the ones available today. I feel that a skilled gunsmith or machinist could grind a standard Silvers or Silvers repro to a thinner profile with little problem.

[Will Gurton]

Thanks Bill,

I had thought of that. I just thought that I may be overlooking another type pad that may be appropriate.

I just bought a Vintage NIB Jostom "No Kick Coming", I have seen these on A5/Rem. 11's and like the proportions and look it just doesn't seem right on an '03 gun.

Regards, Will