.410 BTFE Stylized Checkering

[Dean Romig]

Here are a few pics of the forend I threatened to post tonight. Too bad the "Joy of C'es" thread was deleted. Don't consider this to be a continuation of anything but a discussion of the examples of one checkerer's work.

[Tony Ballay]

Amazing Craftsmanship!

[Greg Baehman]

Dean, who did the checkering on your .410? I have a friend that recently had a 12-ga. Fox CE restocked by Slim's Stock Shop in Lindstrom, MN with the same stylized checkering that yours has.

[Dean Romig]

Greg, I don't have a .410. I picked this forend up (wood only) on Gunbroker or eBay about a year ago. I have no idea who did it but I suspect it is not original Parker by the lack of a serial number stamp.

[Dave Suponski]

Wow! Look at all those thingy's and do-dads. Absolutley amazing..

[Greg Baehman]

FWIW Dean, Slim told my friend that the checkering pattern on his Fox that incorporated the same looking thingys and do-dads that yours has was lifted from a Parker Bros. gun.

[Dean Romig]

Greg, that is an interesting bit of information. I sure haven't seen but a couple of examples pictured in TPS and a few other books, maybe Johnson's and Baer's and possibly EDM's.

[Dean Romig]

Did Remington stamp the serial number of the gun into Parker stocks and forends?

[Bill Murphy]

That is a similar style to the corners on the checkering of the beavertail on my AHE Trap in the mid 234,000 era. I'm sure they are all the work of the same checkerer, but I have no idea who that would be. I don't think stock books of the period address checkerers or engravers. As far as I remember, engravers were never named in stock book entries, but I don't know about checkerers. Different eras of stock books had columns for different skills. Look in The Parker Story for various examples of stock book styles.