Parker with gold Inlay

[Dean Romig]

First time I've ever seen that even mentioned in a letter. I have three such guns that went back for various services and all three had the replacable wear plate replaced with nary a word of it having been done. I had always believed it was done to all pre-1910 guns that went back for service simply as a matter of course and that particular free service not even recorded.

Chuck, what's your take on this?






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[B. Dudley]

Chuck will support what i am saying... As , i believe, he is who told me what a comb bolt was when i first saw it in a letter for other guns.


It was a standard service upgrade, maybe it was just noted in some repair entries and others not.

[Howard Loewensteiner]

A parker below AA grade with factory gold inlay is indeed x rare and possibly unique. the name of F.B.Potts # 717 and three stars is a mystery, any ideas?. very interesting gun.

[edgarspencer]

Originally Posted by Howard Loewensteiner

A parker below AA grade with factory gold inlay is indeed x rare and possibly unique. the name of F.B.Potts # 717 and three stars is a mystery, any ideas?. very interesting gun.

I believe Dean determined in previous research that he was a three star General in the US Army.

[Fishtail]

Three star or not.....it's part of the gun's history but still not-so-great his name is stamped into the receiver.

[Mike Franzen]

Glad to see this old thread revived. I guess it remains another Parker unsolved mystery.

[JLoew]

This gun is easily one of the more unique Parker's I have seen!

[King Cobb]

I was mostly reviving it because of the very good article on the shooting school in DGJ.

[CSL]

I may have missed it... Did we ever find out for sure what the crude stamped letters of F.B. Potts, 717, and 3 stars on the frame-bottom truly represented???

Best, CSL
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[edgarspencer]

I'm not the new owner of this gun (sold at Julia's last spring) but I envy the lucky person who bought it. I handled this gun for quite some time at the preview, and have to say, it's getting a bit of bad press here.
As the recent thread on 'soul' is fresh in my mind, I would say this gun had been imbued with a lot of it. The stamping was not offensive, but, on the contrary, very intriguing. Dean didn't pipe up re the history of Potts, and the Military, so perhaps it was someone else who made the connection.
That gun would be made very welcome in my rack.