28 gauge VHE

[Steiner]

Wish me luck. I made a deal on a 28 gauge VHE that has some fairly significant warts but with the help of a skilled and experienced friend I hope to restore it to at least most of it's former beauty. GI #101825598. Looking forward to having it in hand. Hope to have it ready for the grouse woods next fall. I've ordered a letter to learn as much about it's original configuation as available information can provide.

[Dean Romig]

NICE!!

I don't see any "warts" at all. I'd hunt it just as it is. A 0-frame with ejectors and 28" barrels.... what's not to love about that gun!!??!! And the price is about what I would expect to pay for such a gun. Even without a safety I'd still hunt with it just like I do with my hammer guns - with the action open until stepping in for the flush.





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[Steiner]

Thanks, I can't wrap my head around carrying a gun in the grouse woods without a saftey and I do carry my gun loaded but open most of the time. I'd estimate that I fall at least once every 2 or 3 days trying to get in to flush. In Michigan less frequently but in New Hampshire it's inevitable.

[Dean Romig]

So, if the action's open when you fall the only damage that can happen is to the gun.

I shot my first "Parkerized" grouse with a 16 ga. Damascus GHE with no safety.


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[Steiner]

I typically close the gun before I move in to flush.

[Scott Smith]

Nice configuration- cyl/full!

[Bill Murphy]

What a great gun. I have 126,764 close to yours. Were ejectors available that early? I can't remember.

[Steiner]

The gun does have ejectors and my uneducated eye could not see any signs that they were added. The forend iron does not match and is #200,000 +, which raised the question if the forend was switched in order to operate added ejectors. I'm really interested in what the research letter will contain about the gun's factory configuration.

[Dean Romig]

The ejectors are factory work, either at the time of the original build or later. The letter should address it either way.





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[Steiner]

That's good to know. I remembered a thread re: aftermarket ejectors and the signs and indications of who may have done the work.