Shooting Sportsman, July/August '22 Edition

[Dean Romig]

The checkering on the grip looks more Remingtonesque without the concave mullering but with the convex mullering.... the cheek checkering... who knows??

Regarding the engraving, even on "high grade" Parkers with no engraving per the order, Parker Bros. would normally have been engraved on the sides between the screws... which we can't see.





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[Craig Budgeon]

Author did not claim the gun to be original.

[ahfoxman]

I took a 15x loop and on both photos of the original rear trigger I can just make out the first character of the stamped serial no. as a 1. Now that is good info if the triggers were/are the originals and helps to date the gun a bit? I am on the hunt for my 30x loop and will keep you posted. I could grab a photo of it with my super critical Nikon SLR, but is it worth the effort??

I just did a trigger job on a BHE small bore, and after a bit of searching found quite a few original Parker trigger sets available. And no, they are not all created equal, at least in the case of double triggers, a 3/16" variation of spoon positions front to rear is about all I could find in the limited samples I observed. But, that was all it took to make the little gun friendly. I did manage to buy 4 sets of serial number matched assemblies/pairs, and only two were the same shape/location. The BHE I worked on had a front trigger that was nearly straight down as to position and a bugger to get my short finger out to comfortably. When pulled, it was found to be an original. A lousy back gives me too much time on my hands, so sorry if a bit windy. Hope this helps to clear the waters.