Parker receiver and stocks

[AndrewFrank]

So I have had the unfortunate luck of a barrel failure on my VH 1 frame 16 gauge. The left barrel cracked about 10-13 inches from the chamber on the rib side. I was looking for a barrel to make my gun whole again but have given up at this point and bought a whole new gun and couldn’t be happier. I’m thinking of selling the old gun or stock, receiver and forend if someone doesn’t want the bad barrels. I figure it might be able to help someone in need of parts and I’m tired of looking at it every time I open my safe. My question is I have no idea where to start price wise.

Here are a few pictures

[keavin nelson]

Have you considered a set of 28ga tubes from Brileys?

[AndrewFrank]

I did, i know it may sound dumb but I couldn’t come up with a use for it with tubes…it would be too heavy to hunt with (my original reason for purchase), and I already have other 28ga SxS. It also has short barrels (26 inch) so it wouldn’t be the most sporting gun either…if it had 30 inch barrels I would probably send them out for tubes.

[Mills Morrison]

Sorry to hear about your gun. I had a VH 28 give out on me and it is out getting monoblocked right now. Minor consolation is the barrels were not original anyway

You could sell to one of the gunsmiths on here as parts or a project.

[Drew Hause]

Andrew: have you measured the wall thickness at the split? Is there evidence of a ring bulge? Were you using factory loads?

[Bob Jurewicz]

Andrew,
I sent you a Private Message.
Bob Jurewicz

[AndrewFrank]

Bob I got your message and am replying…

Drew, I had the barrel bore measured and it was as it should be showing no sign of being over bored or honed. There is no bulge in the barrel either. I did run an endoscope down the barrel and it’s a crack that looks like metal failure not a blowout. Yes I was using factory loads and had no off sounding or weird shots.

[Harold Lee Pickens]

Can you show a pic of the barrel failure--damn, looked like a nice gun.

[Drew Hause]

Thank you Andrew. A primarily metal failure would be very rare, and quite worrisome.
I've been part of failure analysis and metallurgical studies of some burst barrels
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZnptAPvQIlWG5n5UU2FmKcFpYtVmOSc4b7K7G9IBs4g/edit

and Ron Graham evaluated the Vulcan Steel barrels from the Parker VH that had been the subject of destructive testing by Sherman Bell.

I'd like to evaluate your barrel. Please contact me at revdoc2@cox.net

[AndrewFrank]

Drew, depending on how selling the gun goes we can talk, I really have zero interest in keep the gun at this point and was looking to sell as is, I’m really looking for an idea of price.

Here is the best picture I can get of the crack

Again there is no bulge, the ring is soot/rust from the crack. The thought is either metal failure or rust in the rib channel from re-bluing. Looking at the outside of the barrel you wouldn’t even know there was a failure. The barrels also still ring perfect.

Again, I’m looking for a value to try to sell as I’ve replace the gun another VH 16 gauge.

Thanks

[Bill Murphy]

I assume your description of this gun as a non ejector gun is correct. Thanks for a reply.

[AndrewFrank]

Yes it is a non-ejector gun

[David Noble]

Andrew, are you saying the crack is circumferential, rather than longitudinal down the barrel?

[AndrewFrank]

No crack is longitudinal