Watertable markings

[James Palmer]

Hi...I am reletivly new to the Parker world. Was looking at a nice 12g Trojan with good color and was wondering what some of the stamps were for or what I should look for. In particular there is a CVR stamp next to the Barrel weight stamp(which is 4) What does that mean.

thanks in advance for your help.

[Dean Romig]

Hi James and welcome to the PGCA forum.

Look very closely - use a magnifying glass and see if the stamp on the water table might not be <OV> which would be the correct stamp for the Parker Trojan. Post some pictures here for us to see.

[James Palmer]

someone bought it out from under me...bummer.

on to the next one.

[Bill Murphy]

Give us auction information to inform us of what you and we missed.

[James Palmer]

it was actually in a "big box store" in Billings Montana. the only classic american double in the place. I should have bought it.

[James Palmer]

Photo attached hopefully

[Dean Romig]

Good job James.

I must apologize to James. Twice I accused him of misreading the stamp shown here on the barrel flats - once in this thread and once in a PM earlier this evening.
I have never seen the stamp shown and at this point I won't speculate what it might mean. Until I saw the stamp above, I had presumed it was the OV mark indicating Trojan but now after seeing it I am at a loss.