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Dave Noreen

03-10-2023 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by John Bastiani (Post 384360)

My 410 VH has a ball grip. Early Remington gun when they were still in Meriden.

Remington didn't call it "ball grip" --

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Brian Dudley

03-10-2023 08:26 AM

.410s seem to usually have uncapped pistol grips.

Bill Murphy

03-10-2023 09:45 AM

Yes, the rarest .410 Parkers are capped pistol grips. By the way, many of us refer to the "half pistol grip" as a relaxed curve to the pistol grip, not a round knob grip. Brownings with a round knob are referred to by collectors as a "round knob" grip, which is more correct than "ball grip" or "half pistol grip".

Garry L Gordon

03-13-2023 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave Noreen (Post 384355)

Only capped pistol grip, half-pistol grip and straight grip on hammerless Parker Bros. guns. The "ball grip" was a feature of some Parker Bros. hammer guns.

The majority of half-pistol grip Parker Bros. hammerless guns I've seen have been .410-bores.

Bill Murphy's resurrected thread regarding the Gold Hearts gun has a research letter on a wonderful DH noted to have been ordered with a "ball grip."

Bill Murphy

03-13-2023 05:01 PM

Garry, Gerald's mention of the Annie Oakley gun on page 40 of the serialization book is, like the Gold Hearts gun, a standard round knob gun ordered as a "ball grip". Neither of those guns are the bulbous "ball grip" of the early hammer gun style.

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