It's a bit plainer than either of my 10,000 series E Grades. However, the stock is outrageous. I don't know because I don't have a lot of F Grades to compare it with. I have guns marked with both letters and don't know why they are marked that way. My 16 gauge #9,568 has a pretty fancy border engraved around the side plates and my 12 #10,130 has some pretty fancy screws and rosettes, but who knows? It is marked E so I guess it's an E. What a piece of English.