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Unread 05-04-2016, 10:10 AM   #1
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I had the pleasure of seeing Garry C's "Mattie's Gun" at the Southern.
It is by far the most beautiful Parker upgrade I have ever seen, maybe the finest Parker I have ever seen. I also love C O B's "Gunners Gun" and Herzog's" Czar Nicholas 11" is fantastic. I would love to see more upgrades in this class if they are out there?
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Unread 05-04-2016, 10:32 AM   #2
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Here's a Trojan upgrade. I have no idea who it belongs to or who did the work but in my opinion it is a work of art.


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It should be important to differenciate between an Upgrade and a Custom built gun.

One is an accurate emulation of an actual Parker grade and the other is anything the builder wants it to be.
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David,
I know one man who has a very nice lifter hammer gun with two sets of barrels and two sets of locks in a very nice walnut presentation case.

Just saying. It is very nice. Too bad its not 34" barrels.
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Unread 05-04-2016, 12:54 PM   #5
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I do love that gun, but it can not hold a candle to "Mattie's Gun"
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If I don't sell the grade 2 16ga hammer gun it will go in for a face lift to an A grade. David the person who did the engraving on your lifter is very,very talented.
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Hopefully Mr. Day will forgive me for beating him to the punch on this upgraded Trojan that he posted a while back.

It is a beaut of a gun.
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David, are both sets of locks on the lifter engraved with the same pattern? Thanks.
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No they are not. The original engraving was done by Sam Welch and the second set was done by a retired H & H engraver then living in CA. Very different styles but both beautiful. The gun was originally given to me by Austin Hogan and had been through a house fire. The barrels had separated and curled in different directions. Brad Bachelder "put it back together" and stocked it.
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A beautiful job indeed!, the engraving is over the top David, congrats, Gary
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