Proof is in the pudding. Gordon's wine is most mellow and is known to lube a long afternoon at his kitchen table reviewing his fine selection of Parker guns. One has to be very alert and cautious for the hour drive home from Norwalk. Rick, I see your point; the handle was given me by my teammates when I played eight in the Portand scrum forty and more years ago. I have always had limited, but correctable eyesight and I wore "Buddy Holly" specs at the time. After a match, it all evened up. J.D. thought it would be a good idea to have sudos here, and that is the only one I could think of at the time. I do like yours, the man knew dogs.

Fred

At the risk of lookin "well" silly that looks like a phesant silhouette on the triggergard. Or a duck flying the other way. Uncle

Wonderful.

Who was the engraver?

OK, Bruce, you win. I'm hitting the PRINT button on that ball grip. I don't know how they did it, but I want one. The dog on the plain lockplate is also worth saving.

Bill, of course that D is not mine, but thanks for the win anyway, whatever I won. Some of these early guns had such a high quality of workmanship, even in the lower grades. You look at how the checkering lines met at the middle line, then continued, wow. Yes the engraving also, spectacular.

I have a single hammer gun, and am fortunate to have that, the rest I enjoy vicariously. Maybe by posting these photos and showing people how gorgeous these guns are and by showing that they are shootable today with sensible smokeless powder loads, we can play a small part in keeping them desireable and not just regarded as wallhangers. For people who would have a tough time finding even a D grade , you know those G grade hammer guns are pretty nice and can be found reasonably. With a little fluffing up, a person can end up with a pretty nice gun.

WHAT IS THE BIRD ON THE TRIGGER GUARD?

Calvin, that's a duck flying right to left low over a marsh.

I have a very similar gun minus the dog's heads in the open field at the rear of the lock plates. Its condition isn't nearly as nice as this one but considerably better than when I bought it. The serial number is 45 higher than the one pictured.

any body out there got or seen any 11 ga shells and so marked as 11 ga.... charlie

Hard to find.