Parker Forends
 

On my v grade parkers the little part on the very end has no engraving. On higher grades it is. Is there a name for this part? Is this case colored or plain? Thanks You for any information. Loren

I have always heard it referred to as the "forend tip". There may be other more technically correct names. I believe your V grade should be case colored.

The classic term for this part is "finial." At least for British and European guns.

The forend tips on all grades (except trojan since they had no tip) of Parker gun are case colored, along with the rest of the metal on the forend.

No engraving is normal for VH grade. There is a long thread on the forum about grades and engraving on forend tips. I don't think the old parts schematic calls the tip or the screw out by name or number.

They were virtually all color case hardened and if you pull yours off it will likely still show colors underneath. The thin colors on the outside wear easily over time from handling but what is protected underneath will show a little color. It is a distinctive Parker feature and although a little unnecessary, they add a nice touch. While other manufacturers of the time used other materials like ebony and horn for forend tips, anson push rods and similar designs excluded, Parker kept using their distinctive metal tip. The Trojan model did away with it altogether, likely to lower the cost as much as possible.

the part is usually referred to as the forend "tip" or "Banjo Tip"(from the shape of it). However, actual Parker factory language defined the whole forend as the "tip". So, I do not know what they referred to the metal banjo as.

Agreed. But not all were engraved. V's were not, G's may have been, D's definitely were. Is that correct?

Thanks,

Jay

Thanks for all the answers for the forend tip. All of mine are plain no case colors on them. Thanks again Loren

V grade was UN-engraved. All higher grades had increasing amounts of engraving.

V grade guns had no schnabel on it, higher grades did. Until the mid to late 20's when they eliminated the schnabel on the higher grades as well.

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