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Unread 08-18-2019, 12:26 PM   #10
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On the topic of the earliest Parker SBTs, this gun does not have the finger groove FE

Fred Gilbert took delivery of a Parker SBT SN 180116 in 1917. In 1919, at age 54 he made a straight run of 589 with it.



Other examples
Outers' Recreation, November, 1919
https://books.google.com/books?id=l3...J&pg=PA383&lpg

October 1919 Forest & Stream illustration without the finger groove
https://books.google.com/books?id=F9...J&pg=PA568&lpg

Was the finger groove FE the standard? When was it discontinued?
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