Soon to be 1st time parker owner.

[Dean Romig]

Does it have the one-piece (reinforced) forend lug?
3 lb., 11 oz. barrels would seem to indicate a 1 1/2 frame gun, but not absolutely.

What do you mean by "open recoil pad"? It could very well be original. Don't remove it until you get a PGCA research letter. Join the PGCA for $40 and your research letter will cost you only $40.... if you are not a PGCA member the letter will be $100.

[Tom Wheaton]

Hello Dean. I didn't pay attention to the lug. I read in an earlier post that the reinforced lug may not have been introduced until around 1918, is that correct? By open recoil pad, I should have said vented, it looked like a Pachmayr white line. I just saw that it wasn't a solid pad. Thank you for the reply, Tom