Nearly all periods of design change overllapped considerably. Some early guns were sent back to Parker Bros. in order to retrofit a a new design feature if it were possible to do so. On the early lifters with the pin that protruded from the toop of the frame between the breech balls the feature was kept even after the new design eliminated the pin lifting when the action was opened. Parker already had a significant number of frames with that hole drilled so Parker, being always cost conscious, opted to fill that hole with a permanently secured pin until the supply of those frames ran out.
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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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