Checkered triggers ?
 

I just received an 1889 DH . The triggers are checkered was that typical on D grades and higher ?

The checkering on the triggers of a D grade would likely be a special order request.

I realize it might be a bit difficult to tell but does that “appear” to be factory checkering ?

The fact that the engraved knurling has a border would seem to be a factory job. Order a letter from Chuck - the answer might be in factory records.





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I was hoping that border was a positive indication :whistle:

I already had my CC out to send for the letter when I read your post to be honest LOL's !

Craig, the stock does not appear to have drop points. Maybe it's just the angle, or my eyes, but it might be a hint the gun has been on a bench in it's past.

It has been restocked judging by the lack of drop points and the wrong checkering.





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Along with crude inletting and poor checkering. For sure edgar.

But I’ll bet Craig was well aware of the stock issues when he asked about the triggers. But again, he should get a letter if he wants to pursue this gun.





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For sure. I feel the triggers are original. And, of course, unrelated to the stock.

The way I read his 1st post, I think he has already pursued the gun!:)

I bought it two weeks ago and received it yesterday . And depending on how fast that “young feller” in Harrisburg operates I oughtta have a letter in the next week to ten days I would think . What I need is to find a decent DH 3 frame stock and get Danny Patton to fit it .

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Use your imagination. A fat fingered typer knows that an odd letter is usually adjacent to one that makes sense. Look at the F, then the ones close to it, Dang, there's that D.

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Ask a rhetorical question, you get a snippy answer.

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Seems people are a little "testy" right now.

Well I just saw a copy of my letter and yes the triggers were checkered at a cost of $2.50 . Letter also states all forend screws to be gold plated . And when I pulled the forend off I thought they might have been brass or someone had bling blinged the gun .

Now THAT is odd. I wonder why on earth that would have been requested.

And the forend latch was gold plated all over too.... you can see some gold remaining in the engraving.





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Perhaps a presentation or gift gun.

Excellent example of never say never. If it wasn't in the letter no one would have ever believed it was factory gold plating.

You are 100% correct I had no idea . I had wrongly assumed someone had lost or buggered up the original screws and replaced them with brass screws .

No I don’t think so . Well it may have been a gift to himself . The Mr Platt that ordered the gun was the same one that sent it back almost ten years later to have a little work done .

Jay, Pay no attention to any comments between Romig and myself. Our day isn't complete unless we throw each other a bone.

That reminds me... I'll give you a call tonight - when is beddie-bye time for you?





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Gettin kinda personal, doncha think?

It appears that the gold is in areas that are not apt to be seen, otherwise I would expect the medallion, or shield, on the stock to be gold.

Could it be that the gold-plating was merely to prevent tarnish where moisture might lodge and be difficult to wipe down?

Gold-plating used to be done on high-end yachts, purportedly to prevent tarnish in the marine environment, and not as one might expect, for ostentation. And, that costly maintenance-preventative practice what was actually origin of the term,” gold-plater”.

Here's a DHE ordered with checkered triggers. It dates to 1918.

Craig, can you tell us where Mr. Platt lived? The "Gold Hearts Gun" is the only other lower grade gun that I'm aware of with gold parts.

New Haven

Back then, Meriden was a nicely, leisurely drive up route 5 from New Haven. Probably one and a half to two hours. I'll bet he took the day off had the Missus pack a lunch and had a nice picnic in Hubbard Park. "Oh, darling, I just want to swing by the Charles Parker Company before we head home".

That was 1889 so it woulda been Horse and buggy .

Or he could have taken the train. The New Haven line made stops along the way to Hartford, one of them being Meriden. Probably only an hour or so.





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Ok, they went for the weekend.

If memory serves the order was made one day and it was shipped two or three days later . Well shipped delivered whatever it was ready three days later .