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- - 0 Frame 16s (https://parkerguns.org/forums/showthread.php?t=32055)

Dean Romig

01-04-2021 12:19 AM

Show us a picture of the tiny letters.

If they are J.S. It is the stamp of John Stokes.

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Zacharysmith

01-04-2021 12:53 AM

I have two 16, 0 frames. A VH and a DHE. Both fluid 26". The VH is 6lb 4 oz and the DHE is 6 even. The VH was fairly easy to locate but the DHE took some legwork.

Andrew Clark

01-04-2021 08:54 AM

I recently acquired my first 16 on a 0 frame. A grade 1 (PH) with 32" twist barrels in the 76k serial number range. It weighs a dainty 6 lbs 12 oz.

Jerry VanHorn

01-04-2021 10:41 AM

I have 3 VH...one is straight grip..2 GH..one is straight grip..and 1 TL lightened frame hammer..

Chad Hefflinger

01-04-2021 11:04 AM

I have 5 total. Two Trojans, a skeet, and a PH w/32" tubes all on the 1 frame. I have a GH with Damascus 28" tubes on a 0 frame. I also have a VHE20 / 26" obviously on the 0 frame. I like the smaller frame size in 16 or 20 for grouse/woodcock hunting.

Mills Morrison

01-04-2021 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Dave Noreen (Post 320793)

In the later years, anything over 200000, I seem to see far more 1-frame 16-gauges.

In continuing to look through the pictures I've saved I see tiny O, B, D, V in addition to the K and J.S. on the lug and in the space forward of the lug. And, just to be different, my Father's old 12-gauge Quality VH has a tiny 6 next to the much larger 2 frame size stamp on the lug?!?

I have noticed the same thing. I don't remember seeing any 0 frame 16's over sn 200,000. My theory is they got better at making stronger lighter weight barrels. But who knows?

The best are the 26" 0 frame 16's. I have one that is 6 pounds even and handles like my 28's

Keith Doty

01-04-2021 11:46 AM

Dean, the tiny letter I refer to is in photo #7 on the lug just forward of the 0 indicating frame size. It is a "K". "Researcher" is aware of several different ones including the JS you refer to.

Dave Noreen

01-04-2021 12:30 PM

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Show us a picture of the tiny letters.

If they are J.S It is the stamp of John Stokes.

I showed the J.S on the lug of hammer gun 42647 in my first post in this thread. Here it is on a hammerless 60605 --

Attachment 91679

and hammer gun 35651 --

Attachment 91681

Here is the tiny K on 138615 red arrow --

Attachment 91680

Keith Doty

01-04-2021 01:13 PM

Are these initials of one of the craftsmen? Any reason (known) they appear on some guns and not others?

Harold Lee Pickens

01-04-2021 01:27 PM

I see more O frame than 1 frame 16's. I have 4 1/2 16 Parkers. The VH, my first, is the one frame. A GH, DHE, and 16 hammer are O frame. The DHE letters at 6lbs with its 26" barrels. I have the O frame and 34" twist barrels from a 16 hammer gun--no lightening cuts in that frame.

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