Shooting Sportsman, July/August '22 Edition

[Michael Moffa]

On pg 40 there are small pics of what is described as a "high grade" Parker. Does anybody recognize the partial engraving pattern?

[edgarspencer]

I didn't spend a lot of time studying it, but it seems wrong more than right.

However, I kind of enjoyed the trigger part of the article.

[Dean Romig]

I haven't seen the July/August issue yet... it's out already??





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[Alfred Greeson]

Let us know, I wondered about that engraving too.

[Bill Murphy]

Cancelled my subscription a couple of months ago after many years of SS and its predecessors. Oh, well.

[Michael Moffa]

There is no "Parker Bros" in the usual spot on the side rear and then it has unknown scroll engraving on the edges of the receiver. Never seen that before.

[Dean Romig]

Can somebody post a link to that picture or post the picture itself?





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[James L. Martin]

Dean, here it is

[Randy G Roberts]

Can't see enough of the grip to say but that checkered side panel is not PB work IMO. No clue on the engraving, and it is referred to as high grade eh ? We have seen high grade guns with sparse engraving previously so who knows.

[Dean Romig]

The checkering on the grip looks more Remingtonesque without the concave mullering but with the convex mullering.... the cheek checkering... who knows??

Regarding the engraving, even on "high grade" Parkers with no engraving per the order, Parker Bros. would normally have been engraved on the sides between the screws... which we can't see.





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[edgarspencer]

Randy, if the stock is even PB, which I doubt, it would likely have been off a GH at the highest, IMO, and no Parker I have seen has been engraved at the factory like that.
Dean, I’ve seen lots of cases where the banner was behind the hammer screw but they were always grade 3 or better. One would have to assume this gun began life as a VH.

[Craig Budgeon]

Author did not claim the gun to be original.

[Tom Kidd]

I took a 15x loop and on both photos of the original rear trigger I can just make out the first character of the stamped serial no. as a 1. Now that is good info if the triggers were/are the originals and helps to date the gun a bit? I am on the hunt for my 30x loop and will keep you posted. I could grab a photo of it with my super critical Nikon SLR, but is it worth the effort??

I just did a trigger job on a BHE small bore, and after a bit of searching found quite a few original Parker trigger sets available. And no, they are not all created equal, at least in the case of double triggers, a 3/16" variation of spoon positions front to rear is about all I could find in the limited samples I observed. But, that was all it took to make the little gun friendly. I did manage to buy 4 sets of serial number matched assemblies/pairs, and only two were the same shape/location. The BHE I worked on had a front trigger that was nearly straight down as to position and a bugger to get my short finger out to comfortably. When pulled, it was found to be an original. A lousy back gives me too much time on my hands, so sorry if a bit windy. Hope this helps to clear the waters.