That is surprising to see on a high grade gun. I wonder if at the Parker factory the engravers worked in some sort of assembly line fashion? Did less skilled engravers perform the layout and and border engraving, and then pass the parts onto a more experienced engraver to perform the scroll work, animals, etc...
In the top picture it looks like maybe a better hand performed the scroll work as opposed to the border line work. If you follow the right hand line up that has the over run section, you can see a variance in line depth, which is a tip off to a less skilled hand. Just a thought. Otherwise, maybe that gun was engraved at 4 pm on a Friday afternoon.
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