Parker Repro Advertising

[Matt Buckley]

Glad to bring back the memories. I don't own one of your reproductions but I hope to in the near future. I have two friends who own repro 28's and they are great handling and beautiful guns.

[C.O.B.]

While looking for some older Parker Pages I had run across while looking for something else I found a couple of catalogs for the Parker Reproduction. I have had several including a 28ga two barrel set. i preferred the 28 over the 20 for handeling ability but all the guns I had came with very nice wood.

[John Knobelsdorf II]

Reoriented.

[Wild Skies]

Something that adds a little mystique for some to high-grade Parker Reproductions is the differing treatments to the cheek checkering of the A-1 Specials shown above. One has the more customarily found fleur-de-lis, the other is sans this embellishment - which is more typical of the BHE-grade. Having said this, you’ll find a few A-1 Specials that do not have the fleur-de-lis. The addition or ommiting of the fleur-de-lis, I presume, was at the whim of the craftsman doing the checkering.