Show Your Tips
 

Nice tips, all Parkers, sorry no Sarah Jessica Parker.

Bruce, I have a stunning array of tips pics that I will post tonight. They're all in my laptop at home. When we were designing the Distinguished Service Award pin I photographed quite a number of high grade tips and received several photos from members.

Bruce: As I recall, the forend "tips" were called nose pieces. Charlie

Good point, Charlie. "Tips" were forends in Parker Brothers terminology.

I like that "nose piece", I'll have to try and remember to start using the phrase.

An old girlfriend from over in Detroit had a nose piece, but it didn't look anything like the ones on a Parker.

If it did I might have stuck with her a little longer......


Destry

P.S. Sorry, Morin's off topic postings apparently are beginning to rub off on even me.

Plain Tip on Grade Forend
 

Grade 4 wood and checkering with a Grade 0 Tip as found on 237949, manufacture date December 1935. Shape of the Grade 0 Tip and the higher tips were different, so they are not interchangeable. Accordingly, Wood was manufactured this way from the factory.

Bruce, what is the "nose piece" in your first picture from?

AAH

Bill, as striking as that one is - I know of at least three so similar to that one that you could only tell the difference if you had them all together to compare. The tip on the splinter of John Dunkle's Grandfather's AAHE is extremely close to that one as is the tip on Parker No. 168304, the Czar's Parker.
The forend tip on the 16 ga. Invincible is covered completely in fine scroll and in my opinion is not nearly as striking.

Just took some quick pics to add to this thread.

Larry,The bottom picture..What gun is that off of?

It's a 1903 CHE 16 gage Bernard gun.

16 Ga. Invincible tip.


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Czar's Parker No. 168304


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AH forend tip used for Distinguished Servive Award pin.



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A few more tips...


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Here's mine; L-R, V, G, D, B. Left out the trojan.

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Fred, can you post a close-up of the A grade tip on the far right of your display?

"Tip-Top Shape"
 

[quote=Dean Romig;16027]16 Ga. Invincible tip.


Hey there Deano- must be from a older Invincible- has grey hairs, just like me! Thanks for sharing!:cool:

Dean, It's a B (grade 5). Hope this helps.

Thanks Fred. That's a nice one - I'm not surprised I mistook it for an A.

If it's possible I think someone needs to save this thread on the home page Great photos

Bruce
Thank you, Great thread!!!
David

Maybe next April 1, photos can be posted of a Parker hammerless sidelock gun.

Tips/"Nose Pieces"
 

Bruce, Dean, Larry, & Fred, thanks for a very interesting thread! One could almost say they are as individual as fingerprints---- especially on the mid to upper grades!! It is just another thing that helps makes Parkers unique! Bill

Thanks Bill. I have always enjoyed examining forend tips for their uniqueness and beauty. Except on the lower grades, D and below, there seems not to have been a specific motif for each grade like that which can be seen on the frames of graded Parkers.

1896 BH...Ya I know I take lousy pictures..:)

Thanks Dean and Bill. For obvious reasons #64887 is my favorite gun. From the records Mark has, it was delivered in 1891 as a grade 5, 12ga.,#1 frame, SG with 30" damascus bbls. It was sent back to Parker for 28" damascus at one point. It now has 30" Acme bbls. with ejectors. There is a Remington code on the flats, "D 3" which indicates it was worked on in Meriden March 1935. I believe that is when and where the Acme bbls. and the ejectors were installed. The engraving of the dogs on the frame and trigger guard is, to me, outstanding, as well as the filigree there and on the top lever. The floor plate is good too, but is the standard stag and doe. I like to think that William Gough did, at least, the best part of it, though I have not found his initials. Next, I like to think the Robert Runge did the forend tip as the forend would have to have been replaced during his tenure when the ejectors were installed. For a gun of that era, the dimensions are just right for me and at seven pounds is a pleasure to carry and shoot with the right loads.

Too bad - it probably was originally manufactured with 'extra fine' "DD" Damascus barrels which are lovely to look at. However, an early hammerless BH with Acme barrels is certainly no slouch but very desirable.
The fact that the forend was likely replaced doesn't necessitate the replacement of the tip too - it mat still be the original. In fact, judging by your picture, it is of the early design, not like Remington would have made.

Fred,Your tip and mine look very similar.Very very nice gun Fred! what is engraved on the breech balls? Mine has a duck on each one.

This is a great thread, thanks to all who have posted those pictures.

This one is on the very unusual VH forend with the high grade engraving.


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More tips, most are from early lifters: P top hammer, GHE, G Lifter, D Lifter, C Lifter, B Lifter, $250, $250, AAHE

Dave, No birds on the balls; just scroll and filigree.

Thanks Robin. That's a very nice display of the early style of forend tip. That design was replaced by the late design around 1877 I believe.

Here is mine...

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...07926352_n.jpg

I've always wondered why the change in the design of the forend tip or nose piece was made. I know the thistle is the national symbol of Scotland... maybe a Scottish emigrant working for Parker Bros. made the suggestion or the change itself...


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Nice gloves. Just get those?

They are my "Ancient and Honorable Brush-Worn Partridge Huntin'" gloves and they have certainly seen a season or two...