The checkering on Parker No. B2505 looks nicely mullered to me. The gun is completely unmolested.
Incidently, notice the "knotted bowtie" checkering pattern of the forend on early forerunners of the Grade 2 lifters as compared to the Grade 1 and 2 double diamond pattern.
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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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