GH with straight grip

[Double Lab]

Lovely gun Mark. I'll second Dave's reply, clean the old girl up and enjoy. There is nothing nicer than a straight grip gun- no matter who made it.

[Ed Blake]

Great gun. The head of the stock looks like it is saturated with old oil. Soak it and the forend a couple days in lacquer thinner to draw the oil out and refinish with Bulls Eye shellac and linseed oil, then have the checkering recut. The oil will degrade the wood if you don't. That looks like nice wood.

[Chris T.]

Mark,
Nice find! The stock looks pretty high, what are the dimensions?. Also looks relatively unmonkeyed with too, the hing pin screw is an easy fix. Straight stock Parkers are great, and so hard to find.
Chris

[Mark Dube]

Thanks Chris,

The stock dimensions are:
- LOP 14"
- DAC 1 1/2"
- DAH 2 1/2"

I shot a round of sporting clays with it this morning, didn't set any records, but the slip-on pad felt loose/slippery or something, I'll try again Wednesday.

It is quite "unmonkeyed with", how would you address the hinge pin screw?

Is it true that this type of damage is caused by morons who don't know how to remove the barrels?

Mark

ps. Have you found the straight gripped DH you were in search of?

[ch]

I would let a pro screwhead fixer at it. Good Luck ch

[Chris T.]

Hi Mark,
The quickest repair would be to make a new one, I have also had good luck welding them up and making a new slot with the appropriate file. I think the straight stock guns look sharp with a high slender stock like yours.
I did find a DHE with a straight stock and 32" barrels. It's an old trap gun with a really high stock (15"X1 1/4"X1 3/4"), it's a bit of a relic but it handles like a dream. I was looking for something with a little more condition, but I'm not disappointed with what I ended up with.
Thanks,
Chris

[Mark Dube]

Thanks Chris,

That hinge pin screw needs attention, but I've never dealt with a buggered screw that big before and was wondering how to attack it.

Glad you found a 32.

Mark