Are you a fan of early GH's?

[Kurt Sauers]

Big fan of the semi pistol grip

[Garth Gustafson]

I'm also partial to the engraving on the earlier GH. This is 85947 from 1897

[Mills]

Here is an early GH

[Mills]

And another

[MattHaney]

Interesting to see how they were still figuring out the engraving patterns on the early hammerless guns. Mills' early examples really look like P's with birds added.

[Daniel G Rainey]

A lot of gun for the money.

[Rick Riddell]

1903 GH, I love the wood, wish I knew how to make the figure pop!

[Dean Romig]

That wood has some very nice figure. It was common that the Grade 2 Parkers exhibited nice figure on one side of the stock while the other side was rather plain.
I may be wrong, but your stock appears th have had a recent re-application of some sort of finish. A complete strip and refinish of the wood, as well as expert re-cutting of the checkering would make that figure really stand out.
I am not one to suggest doing so to an original finish but, as I said, yours appears not to be the original finish.




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[Mills]

Here is some wood from a recent acquisition

[winplumber]

Originally Posted by Mills Morrison

Here is some wood from a recent acquisition

Looks to have stubbed his toe ! Nice