Custom Parker Repro A1 2 bbl set.

[Brian Dudley]

I just finished up this Parker Reproduction A1 special project.
It was a big one.

This gun started out as an “in the white” 2 barrel set.
The customer wanted it stocked properly in the Meriden style and to his custom dimensions. This is like the 6th gun I have stocked for him and they have all been to his specific dims. Higher in the comb with a good amount of cast-off.
I was able to acquire a repro beavertail forend from another contact of mine so that each barrel set could have its own forend. The splinter for the 28” barrels and the beavertail for the 26” set.

I did a lot of metal work to the gun off the bat. Refining the lines on the frame. Removing the belly in the frame and forend iron. Taking the hump out of the top lever, thinning the back of the trigger guard bow, adding the 4th bead to the frame and making the high grade style safety button.

The gun was stocked in wood supplied by the owner and in a round knob pistol grip. The skeleton buttplate is an original meriden piece so it is appropriately sized for the 1-1/2 frame gun. The extensive checkering on the stock set is completely cut by hand, as usual with me.

The gun was engraved by Bertram Edmonston IV at Artistry Unlimited in PA. In his signature style scroll with the likenesses of the owners dogs in the side fame scenes. He also hand engraved the Parker Peerless Steel markings ln the barrel ribs. The engraving walks the fine line between modern and traditional nicely. Case colors are by Turnbull. Bluing and jeweling were done in my shop.

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[Steve Huffman]

That a lot of gun love it

[Kenny Graft]

Your finished product is OUTSTANDING in every way! Hope to see you at the Southern....(-: SXS Ohio

[BertramEdmonston]

It was a pleasure working with you and the client on this project.

[Brian Dudley]

Your finished product is OUTSTANDING in every way! Hope to see you at the Southern....(-: SXS Ohio


I will be there. And this gun will be as well. Bert will be displaying it in his booth.

[Paul Ehlers]

Magnificent all the way through!

The craftsmanship is this one is over the top and as good as it comes:bowdown:

Thanks for taking the time to share this one with us.

[Bob Jurewicz]

I wanted to bring this back to the top.
It is such an example of artistry that I did not want to take the chance that some people on the board would miss it
Bob Jurewicz

[J. Scott Hanes]

Brian, roughly how many hours did it take for your work? It is fantastic!!

[Brian Dudley]

It is impossible for me to know. I am horrible at keeping track of things like that. I just DO.

[BertramEdmonston]

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Here are some photos of the engraving in the white. From the very beginning the client communicated the metal finishing package that would be used. Everything done from my end was done to create the most visible, dynamic images in metal based upon the finishes. The client was interested in small “English” style scroll however that particular style tends to wash out or disappear with nearly all colored metal finishes. I suggested relief engraved scroll in my rendition of “Victorian” style popularized by the likes of Lynton McKenzie and others.

Additionally the various games scenes were executed to play with the light and shadow to create the most dynamic range of gradients in the images. Without getting too far into the weeds, I used a mixture of various tool geometries, layers of lines and even some dots and stipple points in the images.