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Unread 11-11-2020, 05:21 PM   #1
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Is it likely to have 2&3/4 inch chambers? The dealer measured it for me but took 2 days to get back to me so my confidence on them isn't the greatest.
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Probably not but i wouldn't hesitate to shoot reasonable 2 3/4" loads out of it. Picture would be nice when you get it. Just love those 20's.
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Probably not but i wouldn't hesitate to shoot reasonable 2 3/4" loads out of it. Picture would be nice when you get it. Just love those 20's.
Thanks Daryl...I'm picking it up tomorrow. I bought the matching 16 a few months ago and couldn't leave the 20 sitting in the shop. They were from an estate sale on consignment. I'll post pictures soon of the pair.

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The top is the 1929 20 gauge GHE and middle is from the same estate 16 GHE
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Very nice collection Shawn. How close are they in S/N's and any idea how they are choked?
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My 1930 vintage 0-frame VH 20-gauge, 26-inch, has 2 3/8 inch chambers intended for the 2 1/2 inch shells. In theory if a 1929 vintage Parker Bros. 20-gauge was ordered for 2 3/4 inch shells the chamber would have been 2 5/8 inch.
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Very nice collection Shawn. How close are they in S/N's and any idea how they are choked?
Both GHE’s are choked IM/IM. They’re a long ways off in serial numbers the 16 is from 1910 and the 20 from 1929. Both came from the same estate sale and I’m very pleased to have them both back together
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That is really nice , Shawn. I shoot factory game loads thru my fluid steel VH and VHE 20's, although I reload 20's and 3/4 oz is really nice. Used to load 2 1/2" 20's, but kind of quit that, but do have a bunch of 2 1/2" hulls
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