How do you tell who engraved your Parker ?

[joe souther]

I have a DHE serial number range 203xxx. The engraving on this gun is the most detailed that I have seen. The dogs and bird bodies are finely engraved. Did the factory engravers ( i.e. Runge ) sign their work and if so where ?

[Dean Romig]

Generally speaking they did not.

May we see pictures of your D?

I wrote an article with all the known Parker engravers, the dates of their tenure, and approximate serial number ranges during which they worked for Parker. I had it stored in my second laptop.... which ate my article and never would allow me to access it before it gave up the ghost. That was how I learned my lesson about daily backups.






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[Brush Buster]

Dean , I was looking at a C Grade Fox the other day and the engraving was almost exactly the same as my CHE Parker with the Quail on the receiver ,Runge we all decided ,did Runge engrave for Fox also ?

[Dean Romig]

Can you show us pictures of both guns again Russ?





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[Brush Buster]

Hello Dean , here is a pic. of my C Grade Parker 20 Gauge ,but sorry to say I didn't have a camera with me when I ran into the CE 20 Ga. Fox but it was a real beauty !

[Dean Romig]

There's certainly no question about that being Robert Runge's work.





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[Brush Buster]

Dean ,I apologize but I don't recall reading your article on engraving could you direct me to it please ? Thank You in advance !

[OH Osthaus]

Originally Posted by Russ Jackson

Dean ,I apologize but I don't recall reading your article on engraving could you direct me to it please ? Thank You in advance !

its lost in his second laptop - not published

Dean - did the hard drive actually crash- or the laptop just quit?

[Dean Romig]

All of the above Rick.

The laptop suffered a massive failure. As a last resort I forcibly dissected it and removed the hard drive. I put the hard drive in a box made especially for the type of hard drive I had and remotely plugged it into my new laptop. I was unable to access any of the data on it. I still have the hard drive but have about given up on trying to retrieve anything from it.

So, yes, as Rick said, I never did publish it. I sent it to Austin to read over while he was still editor of Parker Pages and he thought it was something everybody could use.






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[Big D]

Have you taken it to a "Pro" like the Geek Squad?