Personal taste, but it's a better shooting gun with the pad. Surely, a skeleton buttplate is a thing of beauty, but slides around on your shoulder. Doesn't matter on a Japanese Parker...
JR
It absolutely does matter . . . on several levels.
Ok, one level is enough, so let's hear it.
JR
Resale value.
It's already re-color case hardened. Plenty of buyers would prefer the nice leather-covered pad over the sbp. I certainly would.
Parker Repro buyers are shooters, not collectors. Originality matters very little.
JR
