I can’t imagine a Parker above a Grade 5 to have been made without the standard gold cap unless by special order.
Craig, lift and rotate the trigger guard to see if the wood beneath the strap has been drilled for retaining the gold cap... if it was ever there in the first place.
I have an 1898 DH with its original Meriden grip cap.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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