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11-04-2016, 08:45 PM

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Is this safety original?

Wondering if this safety on my 1899 parker DH 16 1 frame is original? It looks much different than any of the safeties on my older and younger parkers...

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Looks like a common late Parker safety.

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That is the post-1917 style, so it was replaced sometime after that date.

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