1900 20Ga GH restoration

Autumn Daze · 12-02-2011, 03:54 PM

I agree with the rest of the boy's. Leave it alone and warm it up as often as you can....

Merv Boyd · 12-02-2011, 11:51 PM

Hi,
Thanks for all the comments about the Parker. Hope you all feel the same way when you see the restoration. The original pictures are a little deceiving. The head of the stock was saturated with oil. The stock was dished out on one side near the butt plate. The action metal work looked like it was cleaned with a scaring pad. When Dale inspected the barrels he thought that the outside of the barrels including the rib may have been cleaned with naval jelly. The machining on the top rib appeared to be etched and not crisp.

I love the end result and think that Bud, Dale, and Turnbull Restoration did a fantastic job.

BTW, I have the PGCA letter.It shows that the shotgun was sent back to Parker for restocking in 1902. I was surprised to see how much figure was present after it was refinished.