Why Bernard on CH, CHE, andplain old C?

[Dean Romig]

The Bernard barrels used on Parker Bros grade-4 is the 'Bernard I' by far the most striking of the Bernard tubes.

I think that using these barrels on the Grade 4 simply helps to set off and legitimize the extra expense for the Grade 4 as well as create some, as we say these days, "sizzle" which is a good marketing ploy.





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[Drew Hause]

Dean's image is from Manufacture Liegeoise D'Armes A Feu Damascus Salesman's Samples, published in Parker Pages in 2008 courtesy of Ken Waite Jr.

It has a subtle "Rose Pattern" and is clearly marked Bernard I.
No. 15 is labeled Bernard II and a more prominent "Rose Pattern". Maybe Dean could post a full size image.
It appears to me that No. 16 is "black & white" and No. 15 "browned"?

This is the Damascus sample display in the Buchsenmacher u. Jagdmuseum of Ferlach, Austria courtesy of Charles A. Herzog Sr. and Richard B. Hoover. Unfortunately the sample segments could not be removed from the display cases so the images were taken through the glass



Bernard I; the bottom acid etched



Acid etched Bernard I



Bernard II



c. 1900 product brochure illustration for N.J. Higny showing Quality No. 1 and 2 Bernard not much help
http://www.littlegun.be/arme%20belge...higny%20gb.htm



Bernard variants in Joseph Juleinond de Nessonvaux samples, unfortunately not labeled



Dr Gaddy's Bernard samples not labeled as to I or II, but with distinct rosettes



Parker Bernard courtesy the gold towel guy, and could be Bernard I



This is Larry Frey's, with more distinct rosettes

[Drew Hause]

Found another U.S. maker offering Bernard; American Arms Co. Fox Gun Side-swing No. 8 in 1881
https://books.google.com/books?id=rE...J&pg=PA242&lpg

and Colt



Possibly Bernard I



Remington 1875 Whitmore with Bernard I



and of course numerous U.S. smiths used Lindner actions and barrels. This is a Wm. R. Schaefer & Son, Boston