Also I will add that 0 frame 16g. guns are probably one of the most important combinations to look out for when it comes to wall thickness. This is just due to the physical dimensions of the 0 frame compared to the 16g chamber/bore. They make for light guns, which means also light barrels. Of course the thickness on these guns were originally thinner than larger framed guns on a whole.

I have the same gun and asked the same questions on this forum...I've put 2000 plus rounds through it...all RST of course!

I imagine yours has proper wall thickness.

I sure hope so :eek: :)

This post has me wandering about my GH 16 Damascus O frame now. Traded a Francotte 12 ga sidelock for it years ago at Hausmann''s. Shoot only 3/4 and 7/8 oz loads thru it, and it has taken quite a few pheasant. Used it in Kansas 2 years ago when it was 10 degrees and I was having trouble getting the safety off the 4E Ithaca 16 with heavy gloves on. One of the things I have always liked about Parkers is their large, butter smooth safety.
Looks like I need to have the wall thickness checked on it . Like Shawn, have put a lot of rounds thru it.

Absolutely love the Parker safety. Having struggled to work the safety on many guns in brutal cold conditions ( I am notorious for not liking gloves and hesitate to even use thin ones), I am considering the option of building Parker style safety slides for every double I own.

Update: Griffin and Howe refunded my purchase price, but not the shipping. I had requested reimbursement for shipping costs both ways since they sold me a gun that had previously failed safety inspection by another member here.

So I basically spent $130 to do their job of proper inspection for them, a dandy penalty for trusting them. They have a full gunsmithing department. The gun was stored at the gunsmithing department when I called to buy it. This isn't good. It chaps me that they sold this gun after it had failed inspection only a couple months earlier. My trust and confidence is history when an established company makes me pay for their mistake.

Keep an eye out to see if serial# 97138 comes up for sale a third time.

Go back and look at the muzzle photo. Notice how much thinner the wall is "inside" where it can't be measured? That wall is much thinner than along the bottom rib, where I could measure it and measured well below minimum.

Entirely unethical of them. This foolish mistake on their part will cost them lost sales in the long run!





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This episode is turning into an Abbott and Costello script. The refund check they issued? They didn't sign it. Seriously. I've lost all confidence in G&H now. They offered to mail another. I said no, after a month of my money being tied up, this needs to end now. Hopefully they can handle the wire transfer to my bank without any hitches. I will know today...

The last time they bought parts from me, it took them quite a while for their accounting dept to get a check cut to me. But it did come. After I forgot about it.