Hello Juliet,
Your Parker appears to be a Grade-0 based on the roll-stamped ‘engraving’ on the lock plates and hammers and the Twist barrels, identified by the T in crescents on the barrel flat. In that specific period a Grade-1 would have had Laminated barrels and a Grade-2 would have been made with Damascus barrels. Further, grade designation letters had not been developed and Parkers of that early period were what we call “dollar quality” but certain features are precursers of a specific ‘grade’.
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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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