Show Your Tips

[Bruce Day]

Nice tips, all Parkers, sorry no Sarah Jessica Parker.

[Dean Romig]

Bruce, I have a stunning array of tips pics that I will post tonight. They're all in my laptop at home. When we were designing the Distinguished Service Award pin I photographed quite a number of high grade tips and received several photos from members.

[Charlie]

Bruce: As I recall, the forend "tips" were called nose pieces. Charlie

[Bill Murphy]

Good point, Charlie. "Tips" were forends in Parker Brothers terminology.

[Destry L. Hoffard]

I like that "nose piece", I'll have to try and remember to start using the phrase.

An old girlfriend from over in Detroit had a nose piece, but it didn't look anything like the ones on a Parker.

If it did I might have stuck with her a little longer......


Destry

P.S. Sorry, Morin's off topic postings apparently are beginning to rub off on even me.

[Gregory Miller]

Grade 4 wood and checkering with a Grade 0 Tip as found on 237949, manufacture date December 1935. Shape of the Grade 0 Tip and the higher tips were different, so they are not interchangeable. Accordingly, Wood was manufactured this way from the factory.

[Bill Murphy]

Bruce, what is the "nose piece" in your first picture from?

[Bruce Day]

AAH

[Dean Romig]

Bill, as striking as that one is - I know of at least three so similar to that one that you could only tell the difference if you had them all together to compare. The tip on the splinter of John Dunkle's Grandfather's AAHE is extremely close to that one as is the tip on Parker No. 168304, the Czar's Parker.
The forend tip on the 16 ga. Invincible is covered completely in fine scroll and in my opinion is not nearly as striking.

[Larry Frey]

Just took some quick pics to add to this thread.

[Dave Suponski]

Larry,The bottom picture..What gun is that off of?

[Larry Frey]

It's a 1903 CHE 16 gage Bernard gun.

[Dean Romig]

16 Ga. Invincible tip.


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[Dean Romig]

Czar's Parker No. 168304


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[Dean Romig]

AH forend tip used for Distinguished Servive Award pin.



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[Dean Romig]

A few more tips...


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[Fred Preston]

Here's mine; L-R, V, G, D, B. Left out the trojan.

[Dean Romig]

More



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[Dean Romig]

Fred, can you post a close-up of the A grade tip on the far right of your display?

[Francis Morin]

[quote=Dean Romig;16027]16 Ga. Invincible tip.


Hey there Deano- must be from a older Invincible- has grey hairs, just like me! Thanks for sharing!:cool:

[Fred Preston]

Dean, It's a B (grade 5). Hope this helps.

[Dean Romig]

Thanks Fred. That's a nice one - I'm not surprised I mistook it for an A.

[Eric Eis]

If it's possible I think someone needs to save this thread on the home page Great photos

[David Dwyer]

Bruce
Thank you, Great thread!!!
David

[Bruce Day]

Maybe next April 1, photos can be posted of a Parker hammerless sidelock gun.

[Bill Mullins]

Bruce, Dean, Larry, & Fred, thanks for a very interesting thread! One could almost say they are as individual as fingerprints---- especially on the mid to upper grades!! It is just another thing that helps makes Parkers unique! Bill

[Dean Romig]

Thanks Bill. I have always enjoyed examining forend tips for their uniqueness and beauty. Except on the lower grades, D and below, there seems not to have been a specific motif for each grade like that which can be seen on the frames of graded Parkers.

[Dave Suponski]

1896 BH...Ya I know I take lousy pictures..:)

[Fred Preston]

Thanks Dean and Bill. For obvious reasons #64887 is my favorite gun. From the records Mark has, it was delivered in 1891 as a grade 5, 12ga.,#1 frame, SG with 30" damascus bbls. It was sent back to Parker for 28" damascus at one point. It now has 30" Acme bbls. with ejectors. There is a Remington code on the flats, "D 3" which indicates it was worked on in Meriden March 1935. I believe that is when and where the Acme bbls. and the ejectors were installed. The engraving of the dogs on the frame and trigger guard is, to me, outstanding, as well as the filigree there and on the top lever. The floor plate is good too, but is the standard stag and doe. I like to think that William Gough did, at least, the best part of it, though I have not found his initials. Next, I like to think the Robert Runge did the forend tip as the forend would have to have been replaced during his tenure when the ejectors were installed. For a gun of that era, the dimensions are just right for me and at seven pounds is a pleasure to carry and shoot with the right loads.

[Dean Romig]

Too bad - it probably was originally manufactured with 'extra fine' "DD" Damascus barrels which are lovely to look at. However, an early hammerless BH with Acme barrels is certainly no slouch but very desirable.
The fact that the forend was likely replaced doesn't necessitate the replacement of the tip too - it mat still be the original. In fact, judging by your picture, it is of the early design, not like Remington would have made.

[Dave Suponski]

Fred,Your tip and mine look very similar.Very very nice gun Fred! what is engraved on the breech balls? Mine has a duck on each one.

[Mike McKinney]

This is a great thread, thanks to all who have posted those pictures.

[Dean Romig]

This one is on the very unusual VH forend with the high grade engraving.


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[Robin Lewis]

More tips, most are from early lifters: P top hammer, GHE, G Lifter, D Lifter, C Lifter, B Lifter, $250, $250, AAHE

[Fred Preston]

Dave, No birds on the balls; just scroll and filigree.

[Dean Romig]

Thanks Robin. That's a very nice display of the early style of forend tip. That design was replaced by the late design around 1877 I believe.

[DaneRAtkinson]

Here is mine...

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/401371_10200742308509112_607926352_n.jpg

[Dean Romig]

I've always wondered why the change in the design of the forend tip or nose piece was made. I know the thistle is the national symbol of Scotland... maybe a Scottish emigrant working for Parker Bros. made the suggestion or the change itself...


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[edgarspencer]

Nice gloves. Just get those?

[Dean Romig]

They are my "Ancient and Honorable Brush-Worn Partridge Huntin'" gloves and they have certainly seen a season or two...

[allen newell]

Threads like this one teach me something new each time. Hadn't given any thought to how different the engraving might be among nose pieces of the various Parker grades but for the attention to detail displayed by the gents who have posted photos. Thank you.

[Rich Anderson]

An AAHE

[John Farrell]

I'm continually amazed at the creativity, and artistry, of the Parker Bros. gunmakers, engravers and collectors.

[Rich Anderson]

Not Parker engraveing but IMHO nice anyway. Gunner's Gun

[Craig Larter]

AAHE

[Craig Larter]

BHE

[Frank Cronin]

Early lifter Grade 1. No fancy engraving but nice surviving case.

[Craig Larter]

CHE Nice barrels lousy tips :):)

[Dean Romig]

Craig - there is little difference between a Grade 3 and a Grade 4 in features like the forend tip, skeleton buttplate and the execution of the engraving. The Grade 4 has a bit more coverage and a few extra flourishes with the floor plate engraving often done to order. There are, of course, exceptions to this in some of the nicer Grade 4's we have seen here.

[Dean Romig]

Rich, is that the forend tip on "Gunner's Parker"?

[David Holes]

Grade D, D, G. Starting to get the hang of this picture thing.

[John Farrell]

Thank you, Dean. You could well be on to something.

[Dean Romig]

Thank you, Dean. You could well be on to something.


John, Thanks, I've held that opinion for several years.

[Rich Anderson]

Dean yes that is from Gunner's Parker. He'll be shooting at the Southern:)

[Dean Romig]

Rich, I'm looking forward to it!!

[Rich Anderson]

A Charles Boswell damascuss 20 ga

[Phil Yearout]

...sorry no Sarah Jessica Parker.

She does have some nice tips though :)!

[Josh Loewensteiner]

This tip is from a Mint GHE Remington Era gun that came to my office today.

[Dean Romig]

Hmmm... that seems to exhibit the more 'open' engraving that Robert Runge is noted for.

How about a peek at the sides and bottom of the frame???

[allen newell]

nice, but let's see the rest of it

[Josh Loewensteiner]

Here is a quick photo from my phone of the bottom of the frame. Its darn close to mint! I've got to get back to work, guys!

[Larry Frey]

This tip just arrived at my office. It's attached to a BHE 16 gage that I plan to shoot a little tomorrow at Addieville.

[Bill Murphy]

Josh, tell me it's a .410.

[edgarspencer]

I've got to get back to work, guys!

That's funny Josh. Fondling Parkers=work. Yup, Uh huh.

[Rich Anderson]

Nice BHE 16 Larry, a new addition? If so I hope you bring it to the Southern.

[Dave Suponski]

Larry, When your done shooting it a little I will gladly shoot it alot.

[Dave Noreen]

I don't have any spectacular Parker Bros tips, but I kinda like this one --

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/Ansleyone/Remington/16-gaDEO-Gradeforearm8x10.jpg

[Bruce Day]

From a small Missouri turnip farmer. DuBray D grade , B grade, A grade.

[Dean Romig]

The A Grade tip which is the actual prototype for the Distinguished Service Award pin now resides on the Editors Gun.



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[charlie cleveland]

wow..charlie

[Bruce Day]

fresh off the farm. Last year's turnip crop brought high prices.

[charlie cleveland]

i m going to start growing turnips..mighty nice tips.. charlie

[edgarspencer]

I like the third one the best. Is there a gun that goes with it?

[ForrestArmstrong]

Reminders of why these guns are so special. I'm feeling really inadequate right now.

[Dean Romig]

This one is from VH serial No. 101780



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[Dean Romig]

Honest - it really is!



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[Rich Anderson]

That's a very nice tip for a V grade. It would be interesting to see if the gun was completed on a Friday, perhaps the engraver had some extra time before the end of the day but not enough to start another project so he lavished up the tip. Either way vey nice.

[ForrestArmstrong]

My beloved VH, completed LATE Friday afternoon:

http://i60.tinypic.com/w7lrur.jpg

[Dean Romig]

That's what the forend tip on 99.99% of VH guns should look like. Thanks Forrest.

[ForrestArmstrong]

Thanks Dean, not being sarcastic, just poking a little fun into these learned pages. I love that shotgun all the same, with or w/o engraving. Inletting is certainly second to none!

[Dean Romig]

Well of course you should..... It's a Parker isn't it? What's not to love?

[Josh Loewensteiner]

This is from a near new BHE 12ga in the 159k serial range.

[Dean Romig]

A close-up of the tip that is the model for the Distinguished Service Pin and which currently resides on the Editors Gun.

[Mark Ray]

Stunning Trojan Tip........so elegantly understated!