The teardrop drop points are non-existent, the pistol grip extends 1/8" - 3/16" longer than would have been standard for a D grade, the checkering pattern is not consistent with any Parker checkering seen, the "nose of the comb" is way too long and too shallow for an original Parker stock, the wood looks like American black walnut crotch wood when a D grade made before the Remington era would have had imported 'Circassian' walnut.
If you carefully remove the screw holding the trigger guard tang and carefully lift up the tang and rotate it out of the way you would see the serial number stamped perfectly into the wood in the exposed channel.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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