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Originally Posted by calvin humburg
Love those turnips on your gun Dean. Personally I like them better than a good duck. Was one engraver responsible for them or is that unknown?
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I really can't say Calvin. I don't think I have ever seen a really good or lifelike representation of a duck on a Grade 3 or Grade 2 Parker hammerless gun. So I guess you could say that all of them had their own idea of what a duck looks like and did the best that they could. I love the turnips on my DHE 16 too. They represent a classic time in Parker Bros. history and the engraver's art of the day.
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Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
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George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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