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Originally Posted by Randy G Roberts
I have always heard it referred to as the "forend tip". There may be other more technically correct names. I believe your V grade should be case colored.
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No engraving is normal for VH grade. There is a long thread on the forum about grades and engraving on forend tips. I don't think the old parts schematic calls the tip or the screw out by name or number.
They were virtually all color case hardened and if you pull yours off it will likely still show colors underneath. The thin colors on the outside wear easily over time from handling but what is protected underneath will show a little color. It is a distinctive Parker feature and although a little unnecessary, they add a nice touch. While other manufacturers of the time used other materials like ebony and horn for forend tips, anson push rods and similar designs excluded, Parker kept using their distinctive metal tip. The Trojan model did away with it altogether, likely to lower the cost as much as possible.
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