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Posted: Thu Nov 29th, 2007 11:01 pm |
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Is there a measurement or identifying mark that will tell me the gauge of my Parker VH?
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Bill Murphy
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Posted: Thu Nov 29th, 2007 11:15 pm |
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| A 12 gauge VH bore should be approximately .730. and a chamber that will accept a 12 gauge shell. A 16 gauge VH is one that will accept a 16 gauge shell but not a 12. A 20 gauge VH is one that will accept a 20 gauge shell but not a 16. Few are marked by gauge until late in production.
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Posted: Fri Nov 30th, 2007 01:09 am |
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| Okay... since I'm not familiar with shotguns (just rifles/pistols) and their gauges I'll take this to a shop and compare (or have them look at it in person). Thanks!
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Drew Hause MD
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Posted: Fri Nov 30th, 2007 02:00 am |
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piperbill: open the gun and measure across the chamber. Do not including the recess for the rim of the shotshell. These are the LC Smith standard dimensions; Parker's should be about the same.
12g is .810" or about 20.6 mm
16g is .745" or about 19 mm
20g is .698" or about 17.7 mm
Last edited on Fri Nov 30th, 2007 02:13 am by Drew Hause MD
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Posted: Fri Nov 30th, 2007 04:13 pm |
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Piper,
Remove the forend. Holding the barrels firmly, move the top lever to the right opening the action. The barrels should easily remove from the frame of the gun. Turn the barrels upside down and look at the rear lug. Often ga and the frame size are marked on the bottom of the rear lug. Frame size was marked much earlier than the ga. and all VH guns should have the frame size marked. There is overlap between ga and frame sizes for example a 16 may be on a 0 or 1 frame and a 12 may be on a 1, 1 1/2 or 2 frame. Hopefully, your gun shows the ga on the lug.
If not marked, do the shot shell test, but don't close the action resulting in a loaded gun in the gunshop or your house. Testing with shot shells obviously can be done with the barrels off the frame.
After you determine the guage, then you can be concerned with the chamber length and have that measured ensuing in an entirely new discussion.
Erick.
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Posted: Tue Dec 11th, 2007 05:24 am |
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Erick,
I was originally on here as "piperbill" but I guess you need a real name... my forum membership disappeared :-)
Anyway, thanks for the tip. I checked and discovered that it's a 20 gauge on a 0 frame. Little by little I'm learning. Thanks again!
Bill
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Posted: Tue Dec 11th, 2007 12:49 pm |
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| A simple solution is to buy, in various gauges, a pack of cheap plastic snapcaps. They come in packages of 3 and sell for less than $5. Keep a couple those in your pocket at gunshows.
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