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Eightbore and I (and several others) know of a BH with no engraving at all, or nearly none, in the private collection of a dealer. The only way one would know it is a B grade is the 5 over the serial number on the water table and the BH beneath it.
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In addition to a very few graded Parkers with "no engraving", there are more than a few A and B Grade Parkers with sparce engraving and large unengraved areas. My research into a few of these guns indicates that some were gifts from Parker to winners of shooting contests, not guns sold at retail. Parker would gain positive PR by giving away an A Grade to the winner of a shoot, an A Grade that was not quite up to A Grade standards of engraving coverage. An unengraved CH Grade Parker is pictured in Ed Muderlak's new book. Research shows that the gun pictured was actually ordered by a retail customer to be unengraved but to have all other features of a CH Grade gun, like English Walnut, skeleton butt, Acme Steel barrels. As I recall, a 25% credit was given to the buyer for the deletion of engraving.
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I don't doubt it's a B grade - the wood looks pretty good and it has the ribs on the breach balls. It's just doesn't have much coverage for a B. I have seen an A that has less, though.
I also have to wonder why there is a screw in the grip shield. I thought they were attached from under the trigger guard. But I don't think it is not original, either.
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I have seen early Parker gold pistol grip caps that had the screw through them.
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The earliest hammerless Parkers were not as elaborately engraved and the coverage was considerably less than later guns of the same grade. I think the change was in the very late 1880's or about 1890 or so. When did King come on as superintendant of the gun works? Maybe that was when the change took place.
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Yup, an exposed screw held the grip cap in place on early gold center grip caps but I don't know what holds the newer ones on.
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Yup, an exposed screw held the grip cap in place on early gold center grip caps but I don't know what holds the newer ones on.
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Early hammerless guns often had deeper engraving but regardless it's a pretty plain B.
The other caps are held on by an angled screw, the head of which lies under the trigger guard.
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