You could always send your Parker Bros. back to them/Remington/Delgrego; your Ithaca/Lefever/Western Arms back to Ithaca Gun Co.; your Ansley H. Fox back to A.H. Fox Gun Co./Savage Arms Corp.; etc for proper repair. However, most owners of these obsolete old doubles weren't going to spring for that!! For several years my Grandfather's heavy PH-Grade 12-gauge had shaped brass plates and a lot of little wood screws holding the grip together. Eventually a relative who was a gunsmith restocked it for him. A good job, but not Brian Dudley, Dan Rossiter, Craig Libhart, etc. quality