Parker Forends

[Setter Man]

Originally Posted by Brian Dudley

The forend tips on all grades (except trojan since they had no tip) of Parker gun are case colored, along with the rest of the metal on the forend.

Agreed. But not all were engraved. V's were not, G's may have been, D's definitely were. Is that correct?

Thanks,

Jay

[B. Dudley]

Originally Posted by Jay Gardner

Agreed. But not all were engraved. V's were not, G's may have been, D's definitely were. Is that correct?

Thanks,

Jay

V grade was UN-engraved. All higher grades had increasing amounts of engraving.

V grade guns had no schnabel on it, higher grades did. Until the mid to late 20's when they eliminated the schnabel on the higher grades as well.

[10ga Hammer]

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[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Brian Dudley

V grade guns had no schnabel on it, higher grades did. Until the mid to late 20's when they eliminated the schnabel on the higher grades as well.

I’ve long known of a “schnabel” forend in reference to the shape of the wood but never saw or heard the word schnabel in reference to the forend tip. Would you kindly define ‘schnabel’ in this context?

It is a German word meaning ‘beak’ or ‘mouth’.







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