Late SBT

[Paul Harm]

That's really some outstanding wood. What grade is it ? The one I just bought has nice wood but not near as nice as yours. I noticed a 4 stamped under the serial number - any idea what it stands for ? Nice gun. Mine was built in 1917. Anyone have a idea what recoil pad it would take and where to get one ?

[Phil C]

Paul the 4 stands for the Grade which is an SC. The Hawkins pad was the the standard with options for any other pad. This is on page 168 of the Parker story

[Phil C]

Thanks to an old post by Chuck I was able to correct the forend being loose. There was a large dab of silicon sealant at the front of the forend. Chuck mention in his post a common issue of people trying to correct a lose forend by using felt and other items.
When all that was needed was to tighten the screws. I found both forend screws almost two full turns backed off. Removed the sealant and tighten screws. Forend fits like a new gun.

[John Davis]

Here are some pictures of the SBT that Brian reconverted to pull trigger for me. He also did some outstanding work on the wood. This is a late model gun with some pretty nice wood also. 241027

[Bill Murphy]

My 1917 SC came with a Silver pad. I suspect that 1917 is a bit early for a Hawkins pad. Tony sells Silver pads and repro Silver pads. I use the Griffin and Howe Silver repros, but they are apparently out of them.

[Phil C]

Bill I did further research and You are correct. Hawkins pads were not patented until 1919.
https://patents.google.com/patent/US1325152