I had DelGrego restore my grandfathers/Dad's 16 ga VH about 12 yrs ago. All new wood built to my specifications based on being measured at Covey and Nye way back when. Ironically, I can't hit much with it. Not sure why but as it's a family heirloom, I can't let it go. So it just sits in my safe for the most part. I take it out every now and then to shoot skeet and after the first round with it, I revert to the GH 20.
One more story on this sweet 16. It killed my grandfather. Sometime during the Depression, my grandfather bought a farm in Bow New Hampshire. One weekend at the farm he was shooting hand trap with his boys. At some point when he fired the gun, on the recoil his thumb came back and struck his nose. He went home with what he thought was a headache and died the next morning of a cerebral hemorrhage. My dad inherited the gun and continued to hunt with it until his passing when it came into my hands. Having grown up with 16's and being a family piece, I just couldn't get rid of it. By then the stock was pretty punky and beat up so after being measured I drove to Del Gregos shop, met with Babe and Lawrence jr and had them do a complete rebuild. Picked it up a yr later. The rest of the story i stated above. Oh the memories though.....
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