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Originally Posted by Stan Hoover
First picture is of the 12 & 16 a bit closer, the next pictures is of the bottom & trigger guard engraving on the 16. These 2 guns are within 200 in serial #’s, what do you think, same engraver?
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Stan - Your top gun in the first picture I believe was engraved by Gustauve Young. In any case I believed it was engraved by the same hand that engraved my 16 gauge Lifter No. 18719 but as I look at the years of his tenure at Parker Bros. I'm less sure of my original conviction. Certainly Glahn and Avery were talented enough to copy or imitate Young's somewhat unique signature style if they had admired it.
Take a look at this thread in which I explain his style of engraving.
http://parkerguns.org/forums/showthr...ighlight=18719
The lower gun I can't say without knowing the serial number but even then it would be an educated guess.
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