Engraving ?

[Phil Yearout]

I'm in the "leave 'em as they were made" camp, but that's just me.

[10 bore]

I am going to have my 2 barrel set 28 in. F/F and 26 in. IC/M Trojan 12 ga done with my lab's head with a wooduck in his mouth on the bottom of receiver, pheasant on one side and a flying goose on the other side and with the dogs name across the bottom of the receiver just behind the forend. his name ,PARKER.

[Harold Ward]

Thanks to everyone for your opinions, I really appreciate the advice and I think I'll just keep cutting on the pre '64 mod 94 I'm refinishing. And I know someone will probably cry foul over that one but before you do , When I bought it at auction someone had already ruined it by spray painting the whole gun with one of those duracoat finishes or something like that. And I mean the whole gun! Even inside the receiver all over the action. Man oh man that stuff was tenacious . Thanks again everyone , have a great week.

[Harold Ward]

Originally Posted by Brian Dudley

Engraving on any Parker that is not original would hurt or destroy the actual collector value. Unless it is a recut of original engraving in the event of a restoration. Or a very well done upgrade that is correct to the Parker style.

In order to engrave, the parts should be annealed, engraved and then re-hardened.

If your Trojan is nice in all other aspects than worn colors, don't engrave it. Unless you are fully restoring it, I wouldn't color it either.

If you want frames to practice your engraving on, let me know. I have tons of various grades.

Hi Brian, thanks for the reply, I am grateful for the help that you and everyone else have provided me here on the forum. I also thank you for the offer on the frames and I would like to take you up on your offer. If you have a few Junkers I would love to buy them from you, Trojans would be best and maybe 1 or 2 higher grades that I could practice re-cutting and or transferring would be great. I'll contact you through you website if you prefer. Thanks again, Chris.

[Harold Ward]

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Originally Posted by scott kittredge

I am going to have my 2 barrel set 28 in. F/F and 26 in. IC/M Trojan 12 ga done with my lab's head with a wooduck in his mouth on the bottom of receiver, pheasant on one side and a flying goose on the other side and with the dogs name across the bottom of the receiver just behind the forend. his name ,PARKER.

Wow, That sounds fantastic, I would love to see some photos of the gun when it is finished. We have a chocolate lab that we consider a member of the family, and is a great portrait study.