VH 16 GA BARREL QUESTION

[Pa SxS]

Bill, here is some info "from the black hole".

The authors of TPH made a mistake, 88200 is not a VH, it's a DH. The first VH as far as we know was 87891. It was a 12ga. with 30" "Blk Bbl". The stock book lists this gun as a V0 and Titanic steel. The first VH with Vulcan barrels is 88105. The order book shows it as "Blk" for barrel steel, the stock book shows it as a V0 along with the word Black. According to order book 44, this gun was one of 50 VH's (all priced at $50) and were sent to the E.T. Allen Co of San Francisco CA in March 1898.

According to TPS, there were VH's made with Damascus steel. There is an order in 1916 from Iver Johnson in Boston for 10 guns, all 10ga. consecutively S/N'd starting with 173953 and listed as being sold for $25.00. VH's with Vulcan barrels normally sold for $41.50 at that time. The stock book shows this gun as a Dam Vul DV.