Dean there are forces in the universe that we arn't meant to understand and the number of birds engraved per grade is just one of those things we are left to ponder for eternity. At least we can ponder these things with some Old #7.

I think I'll pour a small one this evening and ponder why there was never a graded Parker that had a three-bird designation for the floorplate. I'm guessing this will take some considerable pondering and maybe a second glass of 'ponderin' fluid'.

Perhaps they reserved the three bird motif for the D-grade repros which have three pheasants on the floor plate.

They must have had incredible foresight to know that in about 100 years someone would conceive of a Reproduction of the late Remington issue of Parker hammerless shotguns. :shock:

Not to put too fine a point on it but.....this C grade has 5 birds.

Yep, 5 birds on the C. 4 on the original D and 3 on the repro D

My point exactly. One would expect that a grade 2 (G) would have two birds - and it does, and we might surmise that a grade 3 (D) would have three birds, a grade 4 (C) would have four birds, a grade 5 (B) would have five birds . . . but such is not the case -so we are left wondering what was the criteria that determined the number of birds engraved on the floorplates of the graded hammerless Parkers.

So Mr. Romig, how much 'ponder juice' til we get an answer?

To be announced . . . after the ponderin' is done.

I see sir.....but will we be able to understand what you type? smiles.