Special rib inscriptions

[Big D]

I've held a M21 which was inscribed "Custom made by Winchester for Lee A. Iacocca"

[Bill Murphy]

Hundreds of Custom Grade Model 21s were rib inscribed by name. Parker would probably do it for five bucks, so heavy hitters were not the only ones who could have it done. I have a Prussian Lindner pigeon gun that was inscribed on the rib.

[Ed Blake]

I have a 1916 32” VH marked “Made To Order For L W Cummings Parker Bros Makers, Meridan Conn, Vulcan Steel”. This gun was one of a two gun order; the other gun was a VHE. Mr Cummings was a registered trap shooter from southern Illinois. My attempts to do an article for the Parker Pages yielded interesting information on Mr Cummings. I also found his grandson; however, that’s as far as it got. Mr Cummings disappeared from trap shooting records into be early 1920s.