Killer "C"

[Brad Bachelder]

A lifetime in a duck boat, obviously the bottom of the boat. This gun came in in less than 15% condition. I don't have before pictures due to our policy of not posting customers guns unless requested.
It required every trick of the trade to save it. The unique engraving is what caught my eye, well worth saving.
The case colors, when done the way that Parker did it, add depth and background to the engraving.
30 inch titanic barrels with ejectors and mirror bores. I believe this is what this CHE looked like 100 years ago.

Brad

[Daryl Corona]

Wow! Really nice job Brad.

[Jeff Kuss]

I saw that gun before restoration. That is an amazing transition!

[Bill Holcombe]

Gorgeous!

Too bad on the before pictures, always a pleasure to see the comparison.

[Mills Morrison]

Wow!:shock:

[Angel Cruz]

Nice. I wish it was mine.

[John Campbell]

Well done Mr. Bachelder!

I assume this CHE was worse than a certain AH I know you are working on!

I can't wait to see your work on that one...

[Ray Masciarella]

I would have to search my memory very hard to remember another restored gun with the "streak" as good as that one.

[Brad Bachelder]

Ray

The streak and the transparency are exceptional on this one. Good eye.
Brad

[John Taddeo]

Wow.....

[Ray Masciarella]

Exceptional is an understatement!

[Dean Romig]

The unique engraving is what caught my eye, well worth saving.
Brad


I'll say it's unique - first (attributable) Anschutz engraved gun I've seen depicted like that.

Very nice job Brad!





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[Brad Bachelder]

Dean
I recall a similar C with a singular wood duck on the triggerplate. It would be interesting to know how many other singular bird engravings exsist.
Brad

[Dean Romig]

Brad, I was just looking at a picture I have of that gun today.

This one is a CHE 20 ga. with roundel engraving to boot!!

Each one is unique and I'm sure not more than a handful had the pheasant, wood duck, or any singular gamebird engraved on the floor plate...



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[Chuck Bishop]

A work of art. Well done Brad:bowdown:

[Jeff Kuss]

I recall a flying mallard on one. Then there is the C grade Jim Hall calls Big Bird.

[Paul Ehlers]

Outstanding work Brad !!!

This is making me reconsider doing my B-grade you have.

[Brian Hornacek]

Brad, I am liking the look of that C. I can only hope that my "rust bucket" CHE will turn out as nice.

Brian

[Frank Cronin]

Very nice Brad. You outdid yourself once again.

[chris dawe]

Beautiful job Brad ,I love the case color !

[John Havard]

Beautiful work Brad. Goes to prove once again that there are "C's" and then there are "C's"! Wonderful. Thanks for sharing.

John

[Richard Flanders]

Love the phez on the floorplate. Don't think I've seen that before. Gorgeous work Brad. Bravo...

[Dean Romig]

Brad - PM sent.





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[Gary Carmichael Sr]

Nice job Brad, beautiful, even if its not a hammer gun! gary

[edgarspencer]

I wish mine had any bird on the floorplate. It's got some facsimile of an antlered animal of some extinct species.

[Bob Hayes]

I feel lucky I got 4 birds on my bottom plate.

[Mark Garrett]

Great Colors !!!, thanks for sharing .

[Mike Franzen]

Brad that is amazing. We're the bores spared the neglect or did you have to clean them up?

[Brad Bachelder]

Mike
The bores had to be honed but we did not have to bore them. dozens of dents and scratches, but they all came out.
The stocks and checkering were the worst.

[Kevin McCormack]

I'll say it's unique - first (attributable) Anschutz engraved gun I've seen depicted like that.

Very nice job Brad!
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Dean, how is the gun attributed to Anschutz?

[Bill Murphy]

Yeah, I must have missed that chapter. How do we do that. Wonderful gun. Thanks for all the great pictures.

[Kenny Graft]

Brad....you really have the case color work perfected! Everyone knows that is no easy feat. You have a gun to be proud of....SXS ohio

[Dean Romig]

Dean, how is the gun attributed to Anschutz?


Kevin,

Frederick Anschutz was chief engraver for Parker Bros from 1911 to when he died at the Parker Bros. Gun Works in 1930. After he died the dogs engraved in the style shown in Brad's pictures disappeared. Further, Anschutz' dogs were nearly always depicted as decidedly 'male' and the reason I made note of the dog's on the gun Brad shows as being the first I've seen like that is because those dogs are decidedly 'female'.

Frederick Anschutz was an exceptional engraver and did much nicer work on grades higher than the DHE and CHE shown here.

This is what we usually see in the way of 'male' dogs on D and C grade Parkers engraved by whom I believe was Frederick Anschutz.





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[Kevin McCormack]

I (we) could probably understand this a lot better if we knew the SN of the gun Brad is showing. If the "male style" dog disappeared after Anschutz died, who did the "female style" dog on Brad's restored gun that you are attributing to Anschutz?? Or are you simply assuming that both styles are indeed his work absent direct reference via Stock or Order Book notation(s), e.g., "see Anschutz" under 'engraving'? I'm confused here.

[Dean Romig]

Compare the style of the engraved dogs - obviously done by the same hand.

There is no documented evidence of what I'm stating about the engraver and of these particular dogs but I've studied this particular engraver's style for a number of years and what I've stated is my conviction alone. I'm not afraid to be wrong, but I'll need to be convinced of it.





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[Brad Bachelder]

serial number 199078, 1922

Brad

[Brad Bachelder]

I would like to say thank you to our members for the nice comments and shared enthusiasm.

Brad

[Dean Romig]

Brad - a big Thank You to both yourself and the owner of such a fine Parker, for allowing all of us to enjoy it.





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