16 Gauge on a 0 Frame

[Stephen Hodges]

Late this past summer of 2013 I purchased a "rescue" 16 Gauge VH on a 0 frame with 28" barrels. The gun looked to be in rough shape with the head of the stock broken, incorrect broken butt plate, most screws buggered, hinge pin buggered and reversed and the toe of the stock rounded, the owner said chewed by his dog. The finish was almost completely gone with the checkering in poor shape. The gun was in Northern Maine and I suspect it had been stored in a North Woods Hunting Camp since it was new in 1906. The seller knew nothing about Parkers but I took a chance and bought it. Within days of receiving it I shipped it off to Brian Dudley for the above mentioned work, in addition to cleaning it inside. I got the gun back about a month ago, and could not be more pleased with Brians work and attention to detail. Here are some before and after pictures. The barrels are in good shape with two spots where dents were removed a long time ago. Bores measure .662 and .664 with IC in the right and mod in the left. Oh, and the gun weights 5 Lbs 15 Oz on my digital scale. You would swear that it is a 20 gauge:)

[wayne goerres]

Brian dose nice work. You now have something to be prod of.

[John Havard]

That's an awfully nice 16! Congratulations for your find and rescue.

[Eric Eis]

Congratulations on the gun and great job by Brian ! It should be good for another 100 years. :)

[Rich Anderson]

The Grouse are in trouble now.

[Chuck Bishop]

Outstanding!

[scott kittredge]

Steve, I now can say to you ,nice beaver!:rotf: o, and nice gun too!!! scott

[Brian Dudley]

Oooh, baby!

[Stephen Hodges]

Steve, I now can say to you ,nice beaver!:rotf: o, and nice gun too!!! scott

Why Scott, I am speachless:rotf:

[Dean Romig]

Okay, tell me about the setter pups in your avatar pic.

[Stephen Hodges]

Dean, it is a litter out of the same parents as my star, born six monts ago.

[Thomas L. Benson Sr.]

That turned out to be a great looking gun under the very talented hands of Brian. You have a keeper for sure. Thomas

[allen newell]

Brian , how did you tighten up the wood at head of the stock? It looked pretty loose in the 'before' pictures. How did you 'pull' the wood closer to the frame?

[Brian Dudley]

Oh, the head of that stock was in a good amout of pieces. And the cracking spread back to just behind the upper tang. Between glue, bedding, clamps and a staple to finish thins off it went back together good.

These types of situations, though they are bad, are also good because no one had put a bolt through the head yet. Making a proper repair possible.

[Harold Lee Pickens]

Any of those pups left? I'm kind of jonesing for a new pup.
Very nice gun! Love those O frame 16's--I've got 2, a DHE, and a GH,(and a 1 frame VH)
I just picked up a VHE 20 in similar state, I will post pictures at later date.

[Greg Phillips]

Very nice work, incredible checkering on the new butt stock. overall nice gun

[John Farrell]

I've been shooting a similar gun since 1987 and it was my go to gun for a long time. It comes in at 5 lbs. 13 oz. with a feather crotch American walnut stock and a SST installed by Howard Miller himself. The thought of parting with it is not one of the things I contemplate with any measure of joy, but life is what it is. . .