DHE indlay on butt

[B. Dudley]

I find it interesting it would have a date engraved on it. Could have been a presentation or award gun of some sort.

[mikael_kjaer]

On the inlay is engraved May 7 1917. Se page 1 in the tread.

[Gunner]

sdc

[Gunner]

My guess is that the initials are "S D C" with the "D" being the last name of the owner. Look at the engraved grip cap of Charles S Parker's gun in TPS pg 631 for the similarity in the style of the S and the C. FWIW
Erick

[Dean Romig]

Brian, it is my belief also that it is a presentation gun, hence the date.

[Bill Murphy]

If you can negotiate the search function for LA84foundation.com, looking at the date of the presentation compared to shoot held on that date, you may find mention of a presentation of a shotgun. Arthur DuBray gave away a bunch of Parkers as prizes, spent time on the west coast visiting shoots and taking orders. My 20 gauge Trojan grade came from Lewald and Schlueter in 1917 also. I was able to find information on this dealer on google.com including an offer to sell a picture of the store itself by the local historical society. I opted to print the picture on the google screen rather than spend money on a better print. Captain DuBray promoted the use of the 20 gauge on his visits to California and many of them are found with his name attributed on the order sheet.

[Bill Murphy]

Unfortunately, I found that my normal search vehicle on the LA84foundation.com website, the Sporting Life paper, has entries that end in 1916.

[Gary Bodrato]

the last initial is always in the middle so PCH would be my best guess pHc

[Gary Bodrato]

Pa SXS is right on, the lettering font is Champagne.

[Gary Bodrato]

Champagne font