Opinions on Two Guns For Sale

[Brett Trimble]

Ken,

From what I read, the flat areas were machine engraved and touched up by hand. The rounded areas were done by hand.

Best;
Brett

[Wild Skies]

Originally Posted by Brett Trimble

Ken,

From what I read, the flat areas were machine engraved and touched up by hand. The rounded areas were done by hand.

Best;
Brett

There maybe some exceptions as these threads have shown:
http://parkerguns.org/forums/showthread.php?t=24329

The above thread has a link that takes you here showing an example of flat areas with game scenes that appear to have been hand engraved (the owner opines that all B-Grade Repros were engraved by hand using different engravers.):
http://parkerguns.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15589

[Bill Murphy]

And therein lies the reason why B grade Repros wiil never reach true collector status. Maybe Mr. Skeuse will give us a true story of the engraving on a B grade repro. A great addition would be a clue about how we would identify one from another. In the meantime, a B grade Repro is a questionable purchase, depending on price.