GB 101504930

[bruce a lyons]

Nobody bid, so I thought it safe to ask a question. What in the wide world of sports is that on the floor plate? Never seen a picture of a C like that.

[bruce a lyons]

1015042930

[John Knobelsdorf II]

For me, it looks like a large cock pheasant.

[Dean Romig]

It is Robert Runge’s rendition of a pheasant-like bird.





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[Dave Noreen]

A pheasant that flies in circles with that backwards (or upside down) left wing.

[Paul Ehlers]

I've seen worse!

Compared to the flying turnips on some Parkers, this pheasant is anatomically correct & identifiable. Engraving has come a long ways over the years & critters like this one are just some of the things we have to accept on these old guns we love. They are a reflection of the Era the gun was made in.