My long lost friend, a major in the Marines and college professor, had a vh Parker with a straight stock,no safety or dolls head and a checkered trigger guard tang. He always maintained that it was a "pigeon gun" but at the time I did not really understand the term.The gun was sold when he went on active duty and I did not have the $275 to buy it at the time. Sure would like to see it again but the guy who now owns it is more or less a hermit and does not take kindly to people in general,let alone someone asking about his guns.