Floor plates
 

As we know Parker did some pretty weird things with the floor plates such as the stags on C grades and above. As I don't have my copy of TPS handy didn't the number of birds (or as some fondly call them flying turnips) relate to the grade of the gun? I noticed on my CHE 20 that I took Quail hunting this past week that there were 5 of these "birds" instead of what I thought should have been 4 for a C grade gun. All my D grades have 3 birds on the floor plate.

Rich, the DH 10 ga. I just sold had 4 birds on the floorplate

Rich,
Some C's only had three birds.

Larry is playing with us.

And Larry some only had one... Love that gun of yours :bowdown:

Try again.

Larry, is that a 28ga. that use to live in S.C.?

Nice gun Larry and you can even tell there birds:)

No Buddy this one is a straight grip, 2 frame, 32" 12 gage.

Larry those quail sure look like the Elegante quail I have hunted in Mexico.

Big Bird CHE

That's the puzzlement I've had about the number of birds on the floor plate of Parkers.

Almost inevitably a;
Grade 2 will have 2 birds
Grade 3 will have 4 birds
Grade 4 will have 5 birds (if it has birds at all)
Grade 5 will rarely have birds at all

There is apparently no correlation between the grade number and the number of birds on the floor plate.






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Jim, is that a Carolina Wren?






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My guess would be a Virginia rail.

May be a not-so-good depiction of a woodcock. Looks more like a woodcock than some of the ducks resemble ducks.

Or snipe or woodcock. Why is it some of the engraving is beautiful and others are...looking for the right word here......... rough ?

Actually, it is a really nice engraving and it is most likely a woodcock. The position of the eye - the short legs - the tail in the up position - the long "bec", even though it comes to a fine point - all say 'woodcock' to me.

We've never seen one like that before and probably never will see another. Very Nice Brother Hall!





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It's unique.

Nope----unusual :rotf:

No Dean what I meant was the overall engraving of the Parker guns up to C grade, not Jimmy's gun. Why all the flying turnips and other engraving on Parkers C grade and lower and then others with such fine engraving like Larry's ?

Ahhh... Sorry Eric - I misinterpreted.

So then, I think it has a lot to do with who the engraver was as well as the general grade/engraving theme of the period.





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three pheasants on this D

http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture...pictureid=7957

Wow... Two big birds! I wonder how many others are out here.

Mr. Rich
I saw in a old post that you shared some RST hull recipes with a guy. I am new to this form and cant figure out how to PM you. But really need loads for my new 1929 A.H. Fox Sterlingworth... my first sxs and it is a match made in heaven . I have a lot of RST hulls but an running out of money buying them . Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks Kirk

Wow Craig!.... Same bird, different gun - amazing!






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2 pheasant floor plate
 

Couldn't resist showing my two pheasant floor plate. Cheers, Jack

Kirk click on my name then under contact info click there and you can send me a PM. What gauge is your Fox?