GHE 28GA Skeet

[John Bastiani]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Incidentally, I noticed the grip cap on the subject gun has been reinstalled backward which we all know neither Parker Bros. nor Remington would have done, nor allowed out the door like that, so I guess the stock may have been at least stripped and refinished.....




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The records show that this gun was originally stocked with a straight stock from the factory. If the grip cap is installed backwards is this even a factory Parker stock?

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by John Bastiani

The records show that this gun was originally stocked with a straight stock from the factory. If the grip cap is installed backwards is this even a factory Parker stock?

I think the jury's still on that regard John. The wood is appropriate for a Remington era Grade 2 but maybe a bit over the top in figure. Generally speaking the super nice figure on the lower grades didn't start appearing regularly until after the move to Ilion. To my mind the borders don't have that perfect concave mullering we might expect to see on a 1935 Meriden produced Parker but there was more than one person doing the checkering and each had his or her own style.





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[John Bastiani]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

I think the jury's still on that regard John. The wood is appropriate for a Remington era Grade 2 but maybe a bit over the top in figure. Generally speaking the super nice figure on the lower grades didn't start appearing regularly until after the move to Ilion. To my mind the borders don't have that perfect concave mullering we might expect to see on a 1935 Meriden produced Parker but there was more than one person doing the checkering and each had his or her own style.





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I would still be concerned that the Parker Identification book still list the stock as straight or what I call an English style stock.