I tried to search in The Parker Story where I had read that some Parkers were ordered with the red beads but I couldn't find it... and I don't remember the time frame when they could be ordered on a gun. Maybe Chuck has run across such entries when researching the books... or maybe Mark Conrad remembers. I can't even remember the brand name of those red beads either but there is a reference in The Parker Story to the red beads.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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