Its All About The Details, Isn't It?

[charlie cleveland]

wonderful gun and i love the snake s...thatwood sure has some pretty wood...i have a d grade 10 ga hammerless that the wood on this a grade and my gun could have been from same block of wood ...my gun must be a early hammerless gun also for the serial no is 56210...thanks for sharing the pictures of this beautiul gun BRUCE.... charlie

[Double Play]

Originally Posted by Bruce Day

While rare is over used, I think its correct to say that serpent engraving on a Parker is rare. I know of maybe only two others.

Would this be number four? Grade seven made in 1902. Sorry for the lousy pic but it's all I have.

[Bruce Day]

A few more for those who like engraving on a Parker.

[Dean Romig]

Here is a very nice AH that belongs to a buddy of mine.



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[charlie cleveland]

dean is that a snipe or a grouse on the under side of the gun..beautiful guns... charlie

[Dean Romig]

It could be any of anumber of shorebirds that were hunted in the days of these old A's.

Sandpipers of every kind, curlews, snipe, oystercatchers, every kind of plover... all were legal game in those days. The one depicted on that gun could be something like a Greater Yellowlegs sandpiper... who knows?

[ch]

The snake gun is one of my favorite guns I've seen very tastefully engraved not over the top, just perfect. If I had 9950$ I would have a snake lifter with a excellent english pointer on right lock instead of a turnip G.

[Dean Romig]

But you have Peter Cottontail. I just doesn't get any better than that!