My only 16 doesn’t even have “Parker” on the frame. It may be a fake?

Bore me, bore me!!

Hmmm…that’s an even better excuse than mine for caretaking 16s.:bowdown:

I fear that you are correct Reggie and it may not be original. We should talk before you get in any deeper:)

Burn her, she’s a witch!!

Brett, I used to miss occasionally, but I sold all my Fox guns.:cool:

Ya well the Draft Kings Wednesday over/under line was 45 at the Southern :):bowdown:

John:

For a gauge that reputedly a broad swath of the nation's shot-gunners have deemed passé, your inquiry has generated a very long-legged thread, on our Forum.

I shoot casual skeet with a couple of O/U guys, and with whom I have had no success turning on to the Romance of vintage guns....with one exception.

One of the fellows several years ago got curious enough to ask to try my Parker VH-16 for a round. Full chokes in both 28-inch barrels, a 1-frame, 6 pounds, eight ounces. He shot a superb round, and obvious was his delight in "vaporizing", rather than merely "disassembling", a number of the clays.

Since that day he has shot it again on occasion, and has a standing offer before me to buy the gun when I am ready to let it go. Thirty years my junior, he may well eventually become its next owner.

It is probably a good thing that so many gunners consider a 16-gauge of marginal practicality. It has to make their acquisition more feasible for some of us.

I have two 16's. A 28" J.P. Sauer knock about, with Krupp (3 ring marked) barrels:

https://i.imgur.com/nB39cu0.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/1Vu5riw.jpg

And a virtually un fired Meriden with 30" barrels:

https://i.imgur.com/SY7fYvC.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/tGOxjT8.jpg

Parker will be next.

People who appreciate the 16 gauge, like people who appreciate the sxs, are a minority but a minority that understands a good gun.

I have lost count, have one on the way and have another one that is bugging me.