The 'doll's head' provides no function at all. On an ejector gun only does it serve a function - that being a housing for the ejectors to slide in and to facilitate a mount for the ejector stop plate.
Competition shooters of old sometimes ordered their Parkers without the doll's head rib extension and it was eliminated from the Trojans around 1920 or so.
In fact, all Parkers were made without the doll's head rib extension until sometime in the early to mid-1880's.
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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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