Rare

[Dean Romig]

Frank, I have a Bernard CH without a vent rib and I've seen others which have the legend on the rib engraved. Perhaps Parker Bros did not have a roll die for Bernard Steel barreled guns.

[Autumn Daze]

Most vent rib guns have the rib legend engraved. Parker found that roll marking vent ribs damaged them.

[Bruce Day]

Dean, early Bernard regular ribs were engraved, later ones roll stamped. I have not made enough of a study of them to form an opinion about the year date that the Bernard roll stamp started being used, although it was sometime in the 1890's. Vent ribs were a different matter.