Engraving the shield

[Dean Romig]

I can't think of any reason not to. It would certainly commemorate him.





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[Harold Pickens]

My DHE 16, has "Jos. Gray, Atlanta, Ga." engraved on its shield. Factory letter says the gun was shipped to Anderson Hdw. in Atlanta in 1905. When I look at that shield, I can just imagine it riding along on a mule drawn hunting wagon behind a brace of setters or pointers. With its O frame and 26" cyl/m chokes, the perfect little quail gun.

[stumpstalker]

This shield is on my father’s 1915 DHE; 12-gauge; 28-inch barreled 1 ½ -frame. It appears to be engraved “S.F.”.

I would really like to know who S.F. was. For me, this enduring personalization is an enhancement. (I have no idea what it does to extrinsic, or resale, value.)

At least I asked my father before be passed away from whom he acquired all four of his Parkers. This gun was bought from his hunting and fishing buddy, a local sporting goods retailer, who would likely have been a receiver of guns no longer used by their original owners or their families. I checked with his son, and there are no extant shop records for Macone Sporting Goods, of Concord, Massachusetts.

The research letter just says it was ordered by Boston retailer William Reed & Sons in 1916.

Maybe the local gun clubs have a comprehensive list of their members I could examine...one last implausible shot at determining attribution.