What's on your plate?
 

Birds gather at the fence post.

a setter pointing a bird in the grass

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Rick, I hope he has not found my birds! Ray

A couple of critters that look like they belong in a Doctor Seuss book.

nice birds fellows and them dogs been on point a long time... charlie

two setters climbing a fence

Elk...Stag...?

Robin, Is your stag and family related to mine?

Three cranes and an unlucky fish.

He sees something he likes!

Ray, Rick, David, and Robin don't leave us in suspense. What do the frame side engravings look like? Thanks.

Fred. Great idea. Stay tuned.

CHE , and the second a BHE ............:corn:

Early EH.

CHE 12x32".

Larry,

Those are the most realistic birds that I have seen on a Parker!

Very nice indeed!

What great photos!!! Wish I could do that.

I just like this one, a C grade 16 ga

thats the best duck i ve seen on a parker...nice gun....charlie

Jim DiSpagno's early DH




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That reminds me of the Fred Kimble DH

I wish my eyes were good enough to see this detail without blowing it up.

Love the squirrel!!!

should the stags left side knee cap be to the front instead of the rear or is it just me.. its a fine stag by any means..charlie

Attachment 28832 if only it were a 1 frame 16...

My BHE--nice dog but beautifully cut scroll in my opinion.
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The above engraving of the dog makes me wonder. When ordering higher grade Parkers, would Parker allow the customer to request engraving from a photo or sketch. The post above seems to have a personal request by customer. If so I would order one tomorrow, at any price, if the floor plate or side panel plate had this pup on it.

A Big Bird. CHE 12

A couple of my favorites. An AHE 28 and the Hollywood Gun,and my all time favorite Gunner's gun

Here's something you don't see very often. This is on a BHE 12 live bird gun.

Rich, can you tell us the name of the original buyer of that BHE?

John M. Browning's AH.




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The gun was ordered by C. E. Robbins of Fargo, ND on 12/15/1903.

Another deer.

I'd like to know what the engravers at Parker were thinking when they would put deer,elk ect on the floorplate of their shotguns. Upland birds and waterfowl would seem a more logical theme.

Rich, C.E. Robbins was quite the shooter. He was elected President of the North Dakota State Sportsman's Association in 1896.

Side animals
 

I had to go to the side to get large animal.....hope that's not offensive to anyone.

Mr. Romig how do we know that was John Browning's? I recently went to the John Browning Museum and asked about him owning this Parker. They claimed the only record of John Browning owning a Parker was a DH.

:envy:

OK, Dean, since we as an organization have decided not to drag our collection around as we did in the past, please give our poster a synopsis of the provenance of the Browning A Grade, preferably with a scan of the order book and stock book pages. Thanks.