An interesting detail on a VH 16g

[B. Dudley]

Originally Posted by edgarspencer

Back to the OP, Brian, do you think that extra embellishment is original? It certainly looks it.

I do. It certainly appears to be.

[Dean Romig]

I think it was done in Meriden. That embellishment had been employed on Parkers before.



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[Researcher]

Another Quality VH just came to the top on GI with an extra flourish on each side.

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[Chris Robenalt]

Must be a "Friday" engraved!

Chris, AZ

[Robert Brooks]

I had a 28 gauge skeet VHE once and it had a couple of extra scrolls from factory and was told they were used to cover up a couple of imperfections on frame. Bobby

[Bill Murphy]

No imperfections to cover up on my gun, just a nicely done flower on each side of the receiver. The gun was about mint with no other sign of modifications.

[Setter Man]

I have heard guns with a few extra flourishes/embellishments as "Friday guns." The idea being that if an engraver was finishing a gun on a Friday afternoon they would spend a little extra time on the gun they were working on instead of starting a on new one.

[B. Dudley]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

No imperfections to cover up on my gun, just a nicely done flower on each side of the receiver. The gun was about mint with no other sign of modifications.

Do you have photos to share?

[Jerry VanHorn]

My 16 hammer gun has a flower on the rib ..just ahead of the receiver..

[Dean Romig]

The earlier Parkers with no rib matting usually had a flower engraved where the rib joined the doll's head extension.





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