Initial?
 

Does anyone have a parker with the original owners initial built into the left side of the stock? I have my great grandfather's. His name was Harry Jay Allen, hence the HJA.Attachment 36878

Terry

It is not uncommon that we see examples of folk art wood carvings into the stock or engravings into the metal by owners personalizing their guns.

Parker provided badges or ovals inletted into the stock wood along the bottom edge for hammerless guns where many owners engraved their initials.

This is one of my favorites. I tried to be the winning bidder but fell a tad short.

Certainly not someone's initials but personalized nonetheless.





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I agree that the initials in that checkering pattern, though very nicely done, are not original to when the gun was done at the factory. You will note that the top section of the checkering looks more deeply cut than the bottom section, which would suggest work was done. It would have been easy to have almost completely worn checkering, and then work in that monogram when recutting it.

If by chance it was factory done, a letter would certainly tell you for sure.

Dean ,That was a beautiful gun ,after you quit bidding , I started and I came up short also ! Did one of " US " get that little 16 Ga. ???

nice to have a gun with grandpa s intials on the stock.. charlie

I'd like to see what a research letter from Chuck on the gun has to say.

How many people would say this dog and the maple wood was "factory original" on an Ansley H. Fox double --

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...psc50356e4.jpg

But, it is.

However, that Griffin and Howe repro pad probably doesn't letter with the AHFCA.

Looks like I'll have to get a letter done and join the club!

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