The Special Paragon seems to be a 1904 - 1905 thing. From the January 7, 1905, issue of
The Sportsman's Review --
The Sportsmans Review, Jan 7, 1905.jpeg
From the April 1905 issue of
The Baker Gun Quarterly --
April 1905, The Baker Gun Quarterly.jpg
On the back page of the same issue they show this Special Paragon with very fancy checkering --
April 1905, The Baker Gun Quarterly back page.jpeg
The regular Paragon from that issue --
April 1905, The Baker Gun Quarterly, Paragon.jpg
By the February 1906 issue of
The Baker Gunner the $75 gun with Krupp barrels is the N Grade.
Threaded Mode