Parker Print Block

[Sherman Mays]

I recently came into possession of several printer blocks (copper) of shotguns, one is of a side by side Parker shotgun - shown in great detail. Does anyone collect items such as these? Pictures are available.

[Dean Romig]

Rick Losey has one of a Parker hammerless. He bought it at a small flea market, if I remember correctly.

Rick, can you show us the picture again please?





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[Rick Losey]

sure - here is mine- it is the block for one side of the hang tag

i found it in a box of printing blocks in an antiques co-op near Syracuse NY


http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg195/setterw/2012-10-07_09-50-20_818.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg195/setterw/2012-10-07_08-59-41_442.jpg

Sherman - please send me a picture of your block, please check your PMs- ( the link for them is in the upper right of the forum's web page)

[James J. Roberts]

I used these printing blocks on letter press's then went to offset printing spent 42 years in the trade,I have one printing block with a Remington cartage UMC 30 cal. soft point. J.J.

[Sherman Mays]

Several of the Printer Blocks I came into possession of are of an early Remington Take Down Boy's rifle. There is so much history behind these blocks, I have nine, but am keeping two for my "Man Cave" and will sell the remainder. I can only imagine how difficult it would be to get a quality product using them.

Take Care,
Sherman

[John Nagel]

That is incredible. Thanks for sharing!

[Sherman Mays]

Being in and from the South, I have never hunted grouse. But maybe that is just as well, I live for Quail hunting in the Plantations of Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. Someday, perhaps I will go north. Ya'll are just having too much fun.

[Jeff Kuss]

This is a parker print block I bought on the silent auction several years ago.

[Rick Losey]

take out the shells and its the same one as Sherman's

[Brian Dudley]

That was a good one Jeff. I remember seeing it there. The photo does not do it justice as to how much detail it has.

[Robert Rambler]

I have one, its a Belgium Parker hammer gun.
Double click to enlarge and see detail.
Still looking for an ad where it was used.

[Harry Sanders]

Off topic sort of. But what about roll marking dies. Does anyone have any of those. Certainly in the later production days they must have moved away from engraving.

[Dean Romig]

Roll dies were used on the lock plates of hammer guns on the very lower grades for a relatively short term.





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[Brian Dudley]

And roll dies were pretty much always used for the makers marks on the ribs. Except for some cases where they were hand engraved.

I believe Turnbull has a few of the original roll dies for the ribs.

[Harry Sanders]

I thought ribs were rolled for at least part of the time. I think there an old PP article maybe by Austin?

[Dean Romig]

As Parker Bros phased into roll dies for the ribs, hand-engraved rib legends were mostly phased out, with exceptions.
There is a very informative section on rib markings in The Parker Story and there has been at least one In-depth article on the subject in Parker Pages. These two resources will tell us everything there is to know on the subject.






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[Robin Lewis]

This is all I could find on "rib" search of our index, maybe that is what is being refered to.

1996 articles:

Parker Bros. Barrel Steel & Rib Markings by Oscar Graddy

Rib Marks - Update by Ron Kirby