20ga. Damascus bore diameter

[Craig Larter]

Daryl there were very few Damascus 20ga hammerless guns made, only 15percent of the total of grades 2 to 5 or 427. I had my heart set on a Damascus 20 but they never seen to come up for sale. If u own a dam 20ga hold on to it with both hands.

[Double Lab]

I've had one Craig for about 8 years now. It's a GHE with 28" tubes. Last weekend I was at my club shooting a round of clays with it when one of the guys on my squad asked to shoot it. He was shooting a Ruger 20ga. He ended up finishing the round with it and this guy is not A SxS guy. I went back to my 30" Sterly All he said is that it was really cool shooting a 100+ year old gun and it was really pretty.

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Craig Larter

If u own a dam 20ga hold on to it with both hands.

....or a 28ga...





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[C.O.B.]

I don't think the Damascus 20's are that difficult to find if you have the patience to wait for one. I have three a CHE (home page photo last month) a GH with 30 inch barrels and a 26 inch GHE. A couple of years ago I sold a GH 20 with 28 inch tubes. That was a mistake.

Robin Hollow has a DH 28 Damascus for sale and a friend sold one about a year ago. They are not the same guns either.

[crs]

I have a picture of my Grade 2 with 26 inch barrels, but no measurement of bores.


I do not have a micrometer.
Will a RCBS thumb operated case measurement tool with dial readout to .001 inch do for measuring ID at the muzzles?

The gun was made in 1900 and according to the Parker letter, returned to the factory for mods twice before being bought and hunted hard by a lady in Southeast OK. My dad knew the family and upon their passing, picked up this gun for his sons.
I was the smallest and the only one that it fit, so it became mine and went off to college with me back in 1960. It will stay in the family after I pass, so it is not for sale. I guess I should do a Provenance document on this gun like I have for my double rifles - before I forget the details.

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Charles Shelton

Will a RCBS thumb operated case measurement tool with dial readout to .001 inch do for measuring ID at the muzzles?.

It won't tell you anything but the I.D. at the muzzle. It won't even give you the choke constriction because it won't measure the bore diameter which is your starting point for determining constriction in thousandths from the bore.





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