I just took an 1893 World's Fair BH 10 apart to look for signatures. (That's what I do every Thursday that it rains.) I couldn't find a signature under the trigger guard, or anywhere else, but the animals sure look like the ones pictured here. I never cared much for the elk or stags until I looked at them under a high power glass through the case color. Wow. The dogs are those sinister looking ones but with black faces, which makes them look even more "possessed" as Dean describes them. OK, what is the serial number of the serpent gun?

Bill, I want to be at your house on all the rainy Thursdays, then..??!! :)

OK - the owner e-mailed me the serial number (I thought I posted it already, but it doesn't matter, because if I did - it would have been incorrect..!!! :D as he transposed two digits :rotf:

Anyway - # is 56254 making it an 1889 AH...

Best to you folks!

JD

John,
The serial # book list 56254 as CH Grade. Maybe we could get pic of the serial? Maybe the book is wrong.

Patrick

Good catch Patrick.

Et tu JD??

In spite of the Serialization book - I'm pretty sure it is an A grade....

:rotf:

:shock:

:bigbye:

JD

And with better pictures.....
 

And with better pictures - it is not a frog??!!! ;)

JD

It sure looks like an "A" to me, and the dog looks like a dog, the duck like a duck & the dove like a dove. GREAT PICS JOHN!

Best Regards, George

Hi George!

Many thanks!! Again, the engraving alone should have set it above a "C" grade? Anyway, when Bill asked about the serial number, I asked the owner for some watertable pics - so those came over...

Next - I called him back and requested that he send me the BIG images - right from his camera - uncropped, unedited, whatever... I really wanted to see if that was a "frog" (as I thought it was too ;) ) between the floorplate screws... So those were sent and I resized, cropped and "voila".. :) It's not a frog and the engraving is spectacular!!!

Anyway - hang tight.... I want larger images of the sides, stock, etc... When I get those, I will post them up as well....

To the current owner - thank you for trusting me....

To the rest - thanks for bearing with me on getting some great info/pics about this old A grade.. I think the wait will be worth it though....

Many thanks again!

John

Here is another fine shot... These pics are dribbling in, so as I get them, I'll post them up...

My Best to all,

John

The bird "flushed" on the Setters, a German Shorthair would have pinned it so the owner of that Parker could have shot at it.:rotf: