A Question for Our Most Experienced Collectors

[Dean Romig]

Does anyone know definitively, or has a very educated opinion on who engraved Parker Shotgun 242434 ??

Thanks in advance.

Nevermind.... I guess I didn't look far enough. I just found my answer in my Parker Pages Digital Archive...

It was engraved in 1977-8 by Phillipe Griffine (Grifnee), one of the world's most reknowned engravers who was working at Francotte at the time.



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[Garry L Gordon]

Hmmm...if I hadn't seen who posted this, my reply would have been, "Ask Dean." :bowdown: I see it would have been good advice.:whistle:

[Dean Romig]

It is an amazing work of art.


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[Bill Murphy]

Even in a half million dollar gun, they put a horned animal on the trigger plate.

[Randy G Roberts]

Wow, absolutely stunning. Truly a gun that dreams are made of. Thanks for posting that one, whew :shock:

[Reggie Bishop]

What is the story on this one. I know if I had the archives I wouldn't have to ask!


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[Dean Romig]

What is the story on this one. I know if I had the archives I wouldn't have to ask!
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The history of this .410 is not in the PP Digital Archives and I don't know much at all about it except from the few pictures in my saved picture files.

I can only say that at the 2008 Spring Southern it was passed around among a select few behind the Parker/Smith tent. I have no idea who brought it there. Austin took the pictures and I have these three.





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[Chuck Bishop]

Dean, are you sure of the dates those pictures were taken? This gun was brought into the tent at the 2019 Southern by a gentlemen from NC I believe. It sure got some attention from Swanson and others. I wish I could remember his name but he actually left us display the gun for a couple of days. I do seem to remember that he sent it out to be engraved. I've got to believe this gun was talked about on this forum back in 2019 but I couldn't find anything. The gun was at Remington on December 9th, 1942 for reconditioning. It was a VHE .410 with 28" barrels. I was glad I was able to inspect and have my picture taken with the gun. What a beauty!

[Dean Romig]

Yes Chuck, I'm positive it was 2008. It is included on one of Austin's CD's that he left me and this one has a lot of pictures of the 2008 Parker/Smith Challenge event.

There is a bit more information on the gun but I'm not at liberty to share it as I haven't spoken with the current owner.

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[Brian Dudley]

XXX. Answered my own question...

[Dave Noreen]

That gun looks like it might be at home in the Eric Klein collection shown in the December 2018/January 2019 issue of Garden & Gun.

That gold Bros on the bottom shouldn't be there!!

[Bruce Day]

But it would coordinate with a gold front tooth .

[Russ Jackson]

This is one Beautiful Gun for sure and I will probably get my ear beat for this but ,if I were having a 410 Engraved for me personally I would have a brace of Woodcock and a Setter engraved on the Floor Plate instead of an Elk ! Again ,just my opinion !

[jefferyconnor]

This is one Beautiful Gun for sure and I will probably get my ear beat for this but ,if I were having a 410 Engraved for me personally I would have a brace of Woodcock and a Setter engraved on the Floor Plate instead of an Elk ! Again ,just my opinion !

The Elk doesn't make sense to me either on a shotgun. I have a Ithaca Super Magnum with a timberdoodle, I think, on one side. At least it's a bird.

[Dean Romig]

Many, many Parkers of grades 4, 5 and 6 had various cervids engraved on the floor plates.





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