Mike,
Yes you have a VH grade Parker.
I agree with you that a new stock is the way to go and Show Me Gunstocks can do a nice job for you. Donnie should be able to select the proper grade of wood for your VH. It also looks like the barrel has some external pitting at the breech. You may want to have the barrels looked at but that's just cosmetic.
On taking the trigger plate off, have you:
1 Taken the barrels off
2 Unscrewed the trigger guard
3 Taken out the screw on the lower trigger tang? It screws into the top tang at the very end of the tang.
4 Taken out the large screw on the top tang
5 Taken out the 3 trigger plate screws.
This should allow the trigger plate to come out sometimes by just grabbing the triggers and wiggling back and forth. If not, try going down into the receiver well with something like a brass rod or wooden dowel and lightly tapping the trigger plate until it loosens up.
Remember that the trip and spring can fall out when the trigger plate is removed and easily lost if your not careful
Good luck!
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