Better Late Than Never

[Reggie Bishop]

Who said the early guns have nicer engravings?

[Daryl Corona]

That is very, very nice.

[Randy G Roberts]

Very nice Reggie. Please do tell us more :whistle:

[Reggie Bishop]

DHE 20, 28”, skeet configured but with field chokes.

[Dean Romig]

Runge did some beautiful and distinctive engraving!





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[Garry L Gordon]

Wow!:bowdown:

[Gerald McPherson]

Is the pointer a boy dog?

[CraigThompson]

DHE 20, 28”, skeet configured but with field chokes.

Very nice !Does the letter say anything about changing from pg to sg ? That number in the book shows capped pg ?

[Reggie Bishop]

I think the book lacks some accuracy on the late guns. I haven't lettered it.

[Bill Murphy]

Wow. Doves.

[Chuck Bishop]

Here is a picture of the stock book entry for grip type. Easy to see why the Serialization book is wrong. You can just make out the stamped CPG and written over it is STR.

[Reggie Bishop]

Thanks for posting that Chuck! I plan to get a letter request headed your way.

[edgarspencer]

I can't recall if I've ever noticed a Setter on the left side, and Pointer on the right side.

[Dean Romig]

I can't recall if I've ever noticed a Setter on the left side, and Pointer on the right side.


Remington obviously didn’t have any respect for Parker Bros. tradition… they changed sides for the setter and pointer.
Look at any Parker Repro DHE and you’ll see the reversal. The Parker Repros were based on the Ilion Remington produced guns that Tom Skeuse sent to the Kodensha factory to copy.





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[Reggie Bishop]

I once owned a Meriden 20 gauge with the Setter on the left side and Pointer right. If I recall it now resides in the Show Me State.So at least one exists that I have seen.

[Dean Romig]

I once owned a Meriden 20 gauge with the Setter on the left side and Pointer right. If I recall it now resides in the Show Me State.So at least one exists that I have seen.


What grade was that Parker Reggie? If it were. BH or higher I wouldn’t be surprised to see dogs on reversed sides, but on a DH it would be highly unusual.





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[edgarspencer]

What grade was that Parker Reggie? If it were. BH or higher I wouldn’t be surprised to see dogs on reversed sides, but on a DH it would be highly unusual.

Damn!, I agree with Dean. BH grades had two dogs per side.

Also, Reggie, do you recall the sn range? That would help to pin down the engraver. While my BHE 20 has two dogs, per side, they are both the same. Two pointers on the left, and two setters on the right.
Runge, the younger, began engraving after the distinctive oval around the dogs was no longer used, but my Runge engraved CHE 20 that he upgraded for Shelly Gitman does have those ovals, to correspond with it's sn range.

[Reggie Bishop]

I think it was #186753, CHE 20. I believe that was the 20 with reversed dogs. The gun on the left in my avatar.

[Dean Romig]

Is the pointer a boy dog?


That was a typical feature on dogs engraved during the period when Frederick Anschutz was chief engraver. When he died in 1930 that feature ended for the most part. I had been a proponent of those dogs having been engraved by him... but who knows. And now we see one engraved by Runge with that feature...





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[Garry L Gordon]

I think it was #186753, CHE 20. I believe that was the 20 with reversed dogs. The gun on the left in my avatar.

:cool:

[Dean Romig]

Ta-Daaaaa





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