Shooting Sportsman, July/August '22 Edition

[Spin Drift]

On pg 40 there are small pics of what is described as a "high grade" Parker. Does anybody recognize the partial engraving pattern?

[edgarspencer]

I didn't spend a lot of time studying it, but it seems wrong more than right.

However, I kind of enjoyed the trigger part of the article.

[Dean Romig]

I haven't seen the July/August issue yet... it's out already??





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[Alfred Greeson]

Let us know, I wondered about that engraving too.

[Bill Murphy]

Cancelled my subscription a couple of months ago after many years of SS and its predecessors. Oh, well.

[Spin Drift]

There is no "Parker Bros" in the usual spot on the side rear and then it has unknown scroll engraving on the edges of the receiver. Never seen that before.

[Dean Romig]

Can somebody post a link to that picture or post the picture itself?





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[James L. Martin]

Dean, here it is

[Randy Roberts]

Can't see enough of the grip to say but that checkered side panel is not PB work IMO. No clue on the engraving, and it is referred to as high grade eh ? We have seen high grade guns with sparse engraving previously so who knows.

[edgarspencer]

Randy, if the stock is even PB, which I doubt, it would likely have been off a GH at the highest, IMO, and no Parker I have seen has been engraved at the factory like that.
Dean, I’ve seen lots of cases where the banner was behind the hammer screw but they were always grade 3 or better. One would have to assume this gun began life as a VH.