I picked up a nice grade 3 hammer 10 gauge this weekend at the Rock Island auction. It's in very nice condition. The bottom of the receiver's engraving is worn, but with a magnifying glass I can see that there are two pheasants (clearly pheasants with long tails) standing before what looks like a high fence (dog-eared fencing). Beyond the fence are some trees, etc. Anyone ever seen this motif? I'm trying to get pictures but the engraving is very faint and so far I cannot get the engraving to register well enough to see with any clarity. Doe anyone know if this is a standard engraving pattern? The serial number is 34190. It has 32 inch barrels, a skeleton butt plate and the typical pointer/setter side plate engraving. Curious to learn what anyone knows about the pheasant and fence motif, though.
Here's the link to the RIAC page with the gun info.:
https://www.rockislandauction.com/de...grade-3#detail
Grade 3 with interesting engraving
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