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wow 1889 thats getting back there. Must of been one of the earliest D hammerless guns
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06-08-2011, 10:03 PM
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Brent, 55296 is the first hammerless D grade gun.
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06-08-2011, 10:16 PM
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If im reading the serial numbers right this one was made a year after the first DH. I wonder how many older ones are still out there.
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Good eye on the engraving Brent. That is a very nice example of the earliest hammerless Grade 3 engraving style. It is indeed very close to the Grade 2 engraving style, only slightly more elaborate and with bird dogs in the vignette rather than the birds depicted on the Grade 2 guns. It was early in "Harry" Gough's tenure as chief engraver (1887 - 1898) that the later, more elaborate engraving styles were adopted and were kept right up through the end of Parker production in the Remington era and the onset of WW II.
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Here's a closeup of engraving on a DH from 1889 I own. I think it's very similar to the gun you're looking at. I've always considered this early work to be very well done, arguably better than when the later D style was formalized. I especially like the border work on these early guns.
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Joe, Could you show pictures of the entire gun? It's beautiful engraving.
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Joe I like the older engraving too. Ive got a D from 1892. It has the more ornate scroll work but the dogs are very nicely done like on yours.
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what always strikes me is how the same hand that did those realistic dogs would create those odd birds. I guess it was the time period for impressionism so maybe Gough did the dogs and Van Gough did the birds.
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