AAHE Parker

[George M. Purtill Member #28]

Very pretty but its not right.
It's hard to fathom a AAHE being beat up enough to need re-case coloring. Why do that? That's just my feeling.

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by George M. Purtill

Very pretty but its not right.
It's hard to fathom a AAHE being beat up enough to need re-case coloring. Why do that? That's just my feeling.

I once examined an AAHE that was so badly rusted and pitted on the exterrior that most people would have considered it to be worth not much more than a parts gun. The complete restoration was put into the able hands of Dan Cullity. After his work was finished it was nearly impossible to to find a flaw that would indicate it had been entirely restored and re-engraved perfectly. I did find one flaw and I can say that the subject AAHE of this thread is not that gun.






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[Researcher]

One of the famous Edwin L. Hedderly, Editor of Western Field magazine, A1 Specials was pictured on the cover of the September 1966 issue of Guns & Ammo in its well used condition --





The gun in its "freshened" condition is shown in color in Larry Baer's 1974 book on page 23 and in black & white his 1976 book on pages 76 and 77. IMHO it lost much of its charm.