A Work In Progress

[Mike Franzen]

Would that be an $80 grade Parker?

[Dean Romig]

It’s an L3 or Grade 3, or D grade. with Laminated Steel barrels Mike.




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[Mills]

I love the simple dog engraving

[Dean Romig]

The dog on the left is pointing a running rabbit.





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[Mike Poindexter]

Screw looks like a nine inch centipede crawling out of somebody's ear! Ugh!

[Mike of the Mountain]

Originally Posted by Mike Poindexter

Screw looks like a nine inch centipede crawling out of somebody's ear! Ugh!

[Dean Romig]

I just got the barrels back yesterday.

Note the four different Laminated patterns in the barrel tube segments.

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[Mills]

Looking good

[Larry the Gun Guy]

[QUOTE=Dean Romig;448374]I just got the barrels back yesterday.

Note the four different Laminated patterns in the barrel tube segments.

Those are rather bizarre looking barrels. I really wonder if they looked like that when the gun was sitting on the shelf at the factory or at the store. You would think that potential customers would steer clear of that gun. Of course, now it looks very interesting given our collective perspective, exposure and experience.

[Dean Romig]

Larry, judging from the very high condition of Parkers I’ve seen with vivid original composite barrels, I would say the dramatic pattern of these barrels were likely originally close to the same as they are after their recent refinishing.

Pattern-welded barrels were, and still are, highly prized and this is one of the main reasons that so many different formulas of mixing irons and steels were experimented with to finally arrive at truly beautiful patterns.

JMHO





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