Identify 16 gauge O frame

[Tom Jay]

Looking at a restored VH 16 gauge Parker 0 frame 171120. Has 30" barrels choked LM and IM with beavertail. Can anyone confirm if this is the original configuration? Thanks.

[Richard White]

Not listed in the I.D. & Ser. book.

[Bruce Day]

TPS, p. 144 " the first double with a beaver tail style forend in the stock books was an A-1 Special , serial 171598."

Also check the forend lug for the reinforced variety.

You know at the start that with a gun in that age and configuration a beaver tail forend is unlikely to be original. I'll also bet that it throws the balance point forward of the hinge joint. That was a popular aftermarket addition for a while, some shooters liked it, and distinguishes the gun from being a restoration to an alteration, as used in TPS .

[greg conomos]

Probably so...but then Parker could/could have refitted it with a beavertail, too. Unlikely, but possible.

[Dean Romig]

Pictures of the forend iron and the forend loop on the barrels would certainly help to determine if it is factory work or the work of the folks who refinished the gun.
In fact, pictures of the entire gun would be beneficial.





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[Rich Anderson]

I have a Damascus barreled GHE 16ga that was sent back to Parker for everything! A new stock, straight grip with the correct long tang trigger guard, SST, ejectors, skeleton butt, BTF with the recoil rod through it and the reinforced lug. The telltale signs will be the rod and the reinforced lug. maybe you'll get lucky.