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Jay Gardner
10-29-2018, 09:13 PM
Took my VH 16/28 0-frame for a stroll this afternoon. I never get tired of carrying or looking at this one.

https://i.imgur.com/Yv7syNQ.jpg
Tom Flanigan
10-29-2018, 09:27 PM
I love straight stocked Parkers or any other straight stocked double for that matter. That looks like the perfect upland gun and with beautiful wood. I'm thinking that it is a 16 bore VH. Am I right?
Dean Romig
10-29-2018, 09:31 PM
Very pretty. I wouldn't tire of that one either.





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Jay Gardner
10-29-2018, 09:39 PM
The gun letters as a capped pistol grip. The serial # is stamped in the wood under the trigger guard but given the wood and workmanship I think it was DelGrego who did the work. The case colors look original to me. Incidentally, although it is a 16, 0-frame it weights 6-lb, 5-oz which may be due to the density of the wood.
Tom Flanigan
10-29-2018, 09:45 PM
The gun letters as a capped pistol grip. The serial # is stamped in the wood under the trigger guard but given the wood and workmanship I think it was DelGrego who did the work. The case colors look original to me. Incidentally, although it is a 16, 0-frame it weights 6-lb, 5-oz which may be due to the density of the wood.


A straight stock 16 bore 0 frame is the ultimate American upland gun in my opinion. I'm sure some of the Fox boys will howl at that statement. Fox made some wonderful light small bores. But I have a passion for Parkers to the exclusion of the others.
Shawn Wayment
10-30-2018, 09:03 AM
Yup...gorgeous! I'd never tire of her looks either
Randy G Roberts
10-30-2018, 09:51 AM
I agree, something about an O frame 16. I took 3 guns to SD for the pheasant opener. Hunted all 5 days exclusively with a 32" O frame 16 choked F/F. Just
could not find a good enough reason to get something else out.
Daryl Corona
10-30-2018, 05:34 PM
Where were you hunting in SD Randy? I was out there for 5 days too starting on the opening day and brought 5 guns. Parkers, Foxes and Lefevers. 16ga, through 28ga. Every one of them got a day afield. We were hunting a private farm about 5mi. east of Hitchcock.
Randy G Roberts
10-30-2018, 08:09 PM
We were hunting about 45 minutes west of Winner on a private farm. In general the birds were down quite a bit in that area but we did manage to get our limit with 4 hunters for the 5 days. The Grouse population seem to be up quite a bit and we did manage to bag a few of them as well. We had a good hunt.
allen newell
11-02-2018, 07:52 PM
Jay, that is a very nice piece of wood. Id DelGrego had done the colors you would know cyanide. They look original to me
Brian Dudley
11-02-2018, 10:11 PM
The gun is restocked. I would not think by Delgrego.