Russ, We had quite a few 1-5 birds covers in five days of hunting. Only 2 covers all week though where the dog on the ground didn’t have a find.

The triggers should be blued on a VH up to a GH I believe

That’s right Gary. Also has some other non-correct features, like G grade checkering, but it fits me great and shoots where I’m looking. It’s not a collector but it is going to share some time in the woods and on the skeet range with me.

My 1930 vintage VH 20-gauge, metal refreshed by Bachelder, came back to me with polished triggers.

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Correct. Any hammerless Parker of any vintage below DH would have nitre blued triggers. Any grade DH and above would be nickel plated. And gold plated in the very high grades.

There really is no exception to this except for in the event of a special order. Which I would think that IF a special request was made, it would be to plate the triggers as to provide additional corrosion resistance.

The devil is in the details.

Dan, you and I like the same type of guns, and that is a nice looking 20. Solid shooters. No need for "original" condition or configuration. If I like the gun I'll buy and shoot the gun. No need to keep it in a safe and pull it out a few times a year just to ogle. Cocked, locked and ready to rock, Doc!!

Not knocking it. bought a GHE couple of years ago, thought the blue triggers should be nickle plated so I pulled them and polished them and thought about nickle plating them. THEN I asked the forum, got two pages of the correct info, theyre back in blue.
Good hunting,

That was my gun . Chris Dawns did the work

Do you mean Chris Dawe?

Yes. Turns out Chris Dawe did the woodcock inlay and some very minor engraving upgrades and while he had the gun he and the owner decided to upgrade the checkering to the G grade style.