Killer "C"

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Brad Bachelder

The unique engraving is what caught my eye, well worth saving.
Brad

I'll say it's unique - first (attributable) Anschutz engraved gun I've seen depicted like that.

Very nice job Brad!





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[Parker Bachelder (Brad's Profile)]

Dean
I recall a similar C with a singular wood duck on the triggerplate. It would be interesting to know how many other singular bird engravings exsist.
Brad

[Kevin McCormack]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

I'll say it's unique - first (attributable) Anschutz engraved gun I've seen depicted like that.

Very nice job Brad!
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Dean, how is the gun attributed to Anschutz?

[Bill Murphy]

Yeah, I must have missed that chapter. How do we do that. Wonderful gun. Thanks for all the great pictures.

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Kevin McCormack

Dean, how is the gun attributed to Anschutz?

Kevin,

Frederick Anschutz was chief engraver for Parker Bros from 1911 to when he died at the Parker Bros. Gun Works in 1930. After he died the dogs engraved in the style shown in Brad's pictures disappeared. Further, Anschutz' dogs were nearly always depicted as decidedly 'male' and the reason I made note of the dog's on the gun Brad shows as being the first I've seen like that is because those dogs are decidedly 'female'.

Frederick Anschutz was an exceptional engraver and did much nicer work on grades higher than the DHE and CHE shown here.

This is what we usually see in the way of 'male' dogs on D and C grade Parkers engraved by whom I believe was Frederick Anschutz.





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