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Volune 2 of TPS has a list of Vent Rib guns. There are 377 guns on the list. But the earliest serial number is a 1927 built gun. And 1923 was the first year for recorded and cataloged the vent rib option on double guns.
So there are 4 years worth of guns not on the list at the beginning. Not sure why???
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03-15-2018, 10:54 AM
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I have serial number 222223 a DHE vent rib 20 which falls into the 1927 date of manufacture.
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03-15-2018, 11:34 AM
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Brian, there are four stock books missing between 1923 and 1927 representing at least 12000 guns. After 1935 or thereabouts, there are only IBM cards, with many of them missing and many not fully describing the guns. Therefore, the 377 figure in TPS is only part of the vent rib story.
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03-15-2018, 04:49 PM
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I was looking at the list because i had a guy contact me yesterday asking about how many DHEs with vent ribs and 32” barrels may have been made. I told him the list showed 74 out of 377.
But then he told me his gun was in the 213,000 serial range being 1925, so it predated the list. His gun IS in the serialization book. But it is not listed as having the VR option. But i saw photos of it and it is a legit VR gun with the flat top frame. So i told him that given what is not on the list, maybe 100 DHEs with 32” barrels is more in the ballpark.
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03-15-2018, 07:14 PM
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I wonder how many 32 inch vent rib GHE's were produced. I have one in 16ga
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03-15-2018, 07:54 PM
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Were there more long barrel guns, 30-32 inch than short barrel guns 26-28 with vent ribs?
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03-15-2018, 08:14 PM
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I saw and shot DHE or maybe it was a CHE 28 skeet 26 inch with a vent rib in January. The owner called it his "garage gun" because that's where he kept it.
I have/had more 28 inch vent rib guns than any other length.
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03-15-2018, 08:18 PM
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What's his address??
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