Doves
 

Most of my bird hunting in SC is mourning doves , if any of y’all have some engraved doves, I would appreciate some pictures . Thanks Tracy Pellett

Her you go Tracy - this is a picture of the floorplate of a gorgeous AAHE (16 ga. I believe) that I took in Del Grego's shop sometime in the early 1990s. The gun lay on a bed in an unused room in a relative of the original owner's home I believe in CA or AZ. The roof developed a leak and water came down on the barrels about 6 inches forward of the forend. Luckily no other parts of the gun were exposed. The pitting on the underside of the barrels was all surface, not that deep but in about an 8 inch swath between the forend and the muzzle. Del Grego's were able to lightly restrike, polish and reblue the barrels in the original rust bluing process, and they came out looking great. In addition to the doves on the floorplate, the gun had a Gambel's quail on the right side of the receiver and a different species of quail on the left which I could not identify. It was one of the most beautifully engraved Parkers I ever saw and I can still picture it in my mind today.

Wow! Just wow!!

28 gauge Francotte 30 E with doves. Bottom engraving either ducks or pigeons.

Dove engraving
 

Flying doves on a superposed.

28 GA Ithaca Classic Doubles, Superlative.
Bob Jurewicz

Thanks for all the great doves. Saw about a hundred doves in our sunflower field this afternoon. Late season doves are my favorite. Thanks Tracy Pellett

This 32-inch, 20-gauge, BHE, with a dove on the left side was said to have been owned by Clark Gable when it was left at our PGCA booth at an Orvis Sandanona Vintage Cup years ago.

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Sorry about my poor quality picture.

When this gun was made Mr. Gable was selling neckties at Meier & Frank in Portland, Oregon. He may have owned it later in life.

Here’s what I believe to be a dove on an ‘07 AAHE 12. This one with other custom ordered features and damascus barrels.
If someone would please rotate the photo or explain how to, I’d appreciate it. Thanks.

Here you go.