BHE Repro engraving

[George M. Purtill Member #28]

I've been doing some research on BHE Repros with the idea of someday buying one and I have a couple of questions for you knowledgeable fellows: Gerry, Greg and Kenny among others:
1) who or what did the engraving?
2) were they all done the same?
3) the general convention of following Remington models seems violated- all BHE's I have seen have Parker Bros on the sides of the frames. Not Parker on the bottom. Am I correct?

[Wild Skies]

I had thought that BHE grade Repros were machine engraved, others opined they were all hand engraved. I can't say positively one way or the other.

For the most part they were all engraved the same. But, with all things Parker we have learned to never say never -- and, once again, that was proved true in this thread:
http://parkerguns.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15589

[Dean Romig]

1) the engraving was done primarily using a programmed computer CNC or duplicator machine and hand-embellished.

3) Probably a duplication of guns sent to Japan for patterns to duplicate. It was probably not fully understood by the factory, Winchester, or even by Tom Skeuse that "Parker Bros." was not a transferred or transferable trademark.





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[Bill Mullins]

As Greg said "never say never"! Geoffroy Gournet shared with me that
at the end of production when the plant was closed that there were some
B grade guns that the engraving was not done on the floor plate and
were sent to him in the Custom Shop to complete. He did not say how
he finished them out... regular Japan B engraving or something different.