My Parker CHE, looking for input

[B. Dudley]

The buttstock on your CHE is surely a replacement. As the checkering, cheek panels and form are not correct. The Beavertail forend is also suspect. Does it have a draw bolt or 1pc forend loop?

[Dollar]

Here's a CHE with birds I posted a few weeks ago.Gun recently acquired also.

[Mike Ide]

Originally Posted by Brian Dudley

The buttstock on your CHE is surely a replacement. As the checkering, cheek panels and form are not correct. The Beavertail forend is also suspect. Does it have a draw bolt or 1pc forend loop?

You'll have to tell me what to look for, especially a draw bolt, I grew up in the era of impressed checkering....

[PML]

Mike,
I think your gun is a bit of a "frankenmonster". By that I mean it is a desirable CHE that has been restocked and has had the original Acme barrels cut short from 32" to 26" and then had some 30" VHE barrels fit to the gun. I am making my assumptions based on the pictures and information that you have provided so far. Some additional pictures of the muzzle end of the barrels would help confirm this. Having said that your gun is a shooter and it is a very nice setup for ANY shooting you could think of. If you are a hunter then you have a excellent gun to go do any type of bird hunting that you could imagine. If you are a clays shooter then the 30" / 26" set will work for trap, skeet, or sporting clays. You inherited a good shooter grade Parker worth several thousand dollars. I would say your father had good taste in shotguns and if you are a bird hunter or clay shooter you should keep this gun and enjoy it just like he did.

Patrick