The Mershon Co., Inc. Recoil Pad

[Austin W Hogan]

Several distinguished Parkers including Invincible 200000 were found wearing White Line Pads.
I have the gun Drew cites. It is a DH 10, 56553, one of the first 150 DH guns. It was returned to Parker several times. The second owner returned it in 1891 to have the butt recontoured and the pad fitted. A match weight 12 ga barrel was later fitted, and the 10 ga barrels re blued. The pad is still in place and the 10 ga barrel looks seldom used.

Best, Austin

[Bill Murphy]

Several thousand Parkers have Mershon pads and they got them the same way that Invincible #200,000 got hers, at some corner gunsmith shop. When #200,000 was in the hands of a couple of ATA shooters for many years, it's a wonder that the Mershon pad was the only damage done. It could have been equipped with an adjustable comb. Just joking, of course. Both previous owners were/are nice guys. But #200,000 was made much too early to have been equipped with the Mershon from the factory.

[Austin W Hogan]

Sorry - I didn't mean to infer that the Invincible or any other Parker was factory fitted with a white line- only that the white line was the choice for good quality guns from the 30's to the 60's.

Best, Austin

[Bill Murphy]

Austin, do we have any pictures of #200,000 with the White Line pad? It seems to have a Silvers type pad on it now.

[Austin W Hogan]

Bill : Take a look at that PP article on a A Visit to DelGrego. There is a picture of a young Babe and a very young Lawrence holding two Invincibles - with 200000 wearing a white line. The original hangs in the Del Grego shop.

Best, Austin