Yes, we know what original case colors look like. There are collections in private hands containing Parkers in near 100% original condition - I've seen a good number of them. I had one in fact, a sixteen-gauge Grade-1 T/A Hammer gun in about 99+% original condition. It is a benchmark gun and there are a good number of others, as I said, in private collections.
Yes, we know how they looked when they left Parker Bros. and Remington Arms too.
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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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