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So what is so wrong with Parker engraving? I see people writing about how bad Parker engraving is , like others are far better .

Are all those English guns better ? All the others better than this mid grade 16ga ?

Maybe I have no artistic but it seems pretty nice to me.

The $100 Parker when new.

Sure look like pheasant to me.

Looks pretty damn good to me!!

Bruce, critics of engraving have never even attempted to draw, less try to use a graver in steel to know really how tedious and difficult it truly is

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I've always been partial to D-grades but the B's and above had more depth. Personally, I think the LCS Grade 5's set the standard for engraving of dog scenes.

Sorry, duplicate post.

Ds are great.

Certainly the higher the grade the more detailed and elaborate the engraving but I admire the scroll and filigree on Parkers beginning as low as some grade 2's and certainly the grade 3's.
It is true that sidelock guns have a larger palette upon which to execute the engraver's art.






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love them all. some just appeal to me more than others.