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Better picture of the rib inscription...
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05-29-2019, 06:05 PM | #4 | ||||||
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Kevin McCormack's "Graduation Gun" has a rib inscription. I "Didn't Buy" a C grade ten gauge 34" two barrel set, one Acme, one Bernard Steel, that was rib inscribed, the Bernard set with the father's name, the Acme set with the son's name. OK, slap me with a leather strap loaded with #4 lead. The gun was bought by a good friend after I told him about it. Maybe I'll own it some day.
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05-30-2019, 02:16 PM | #5 | ||||||
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I've seen rib inscriptions on other guns. A friend had a W.C Scott premier grade (IIRC) that was a pigeon gun inscribed "custom built for Arthur DuBray". I've never seen a Parker with the rib inscribed. Perhaps this was a marketing tool for well known or wealthy shooter of influence.
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05-30-2019, 04:29 PM | #6 | ||||||
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Rib inscription
Mr. Tinkers ( the kick butt gun) #79 in the winter 2018 has a rib inscription that reads Manufactured for E.W. Tinker Providence R.I. .
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05-30-2019, 05:33 PM | #7 | ||||||
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I've held a M21 which was inscribed "Custom made by Winchester for Lee A. Iacocca"
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05-30-2019, 07:51 PM | #8 | ||||||
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Hundreds of Custom Grade Model 21s were rib inscribed by name. Parker would probably do it for five bucks, so heavy hitters were not the only ones who could have it done. I have a Prussian Lindner pigeon gun that was inscribed on the rib.
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05-30-2019, 10:23 PM | #9 | ||||||
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I have a 1916 32” VH marked “Made To Order For L W Cummings Parker Bros Makers, Meridan Conn, Vulcan Steel”. This gun was one of a two gun order; the other gun was a VHE. Mr Cummings was a registered trap shooter from southern Illinois. My attempts to do an article for the Parker Pages yielded interesting information on Mr Cummings. I also found his grandson; however, that’s as far as it got. Mr Cummings disappeared from trap shooting records into be early 1920s.
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05-31-2019, 09:14 AM | #10 | ||||||
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Because I am the current custodian, I will go out on a limb and say that this is the most important Canadian Parker based on provenance. DHE inscribed rib Sir Frederick Borden. In the fullness of time I hope to complete an article on this gun. I do shoot it because I believe they all need exercise. Cheers Jack
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