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Originally Posted by Dave Noreen
Why is the trigger plate extending so far below the bottom line of the stock -- pictures 185 and 186?
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Because the stock is either from another gun or was damaged/oversanded in refinishing. Both sides of the trigger plate are showing. Big time on the right side and the sides of the upper tang are showing too.
The gun has been recolored with Cyanide process coloring. There is so much of the trigger plate tang showing that you can see the striping! The wood has at least been refinished and the checkering recut. Pattern is incorrect in a couple places. Especially around the upper tang. And the checkering is a little too course for the grade.
I doubt the gun originally had a pad. Maybe. But it looks like this stock in particular had an SSBP given the look of the heel where the pad meets it.
The BTFE may not be original either. The shape of it looks not so correct to me. I doubt that Parker would have done full cover checkering like that on a BTFE. There is no photo of the end of it or the inside of the forend to confirm if it is actually a BTFE iron or not.
A lot of issues with this gun for the asking price...
12-02-2015, 08:43 PM
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