And here are same two showing Remington wood on VHE grade guns.

very nice....charlie

At one time I had a GHE 20 skeet gun. For the life of me I can't remember what it got traded/sold for.

Asked for more I. D. & choke restriction. Says he doesn't have mic's to measure. Too many of these old guns have been back bored and/or chokes modified. He states the chokes are I. C. & I. C. That's not Skeet In & Out. Unless you can inspect this one in person I'd pass; too much money to gamble. Even if he takes it back I'll bet you get stuck with shipping fees both ways.

For comparisons sake, here are a few pictures of a 12GA GHE skeet gun, it is listed in the serialization book with the straight grip.

Interesting that according to TPS, only 46 GHE 12GA skeet guns were produced and just over a 1000 in total .

Jeff, it is my belief that the example you show has been re-barreled in Ilion judging by the position of the serial number stamped on the left barrel flat. Had those barrels been fitted to the gun in Meriden the serial number would have been stamped on the left side of the lug.... and who knows what else may have been done to it on its visit to Ilion...?

Then again, the entire gun you picture as an example may have been assembled from Meriden parts after the move to Ilion in 1938... which would nullify my argument.

But I'm still not seeing a fair comparison.


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I agree with Dean that the serial number is a bit early for barrel flat serial number stamps, but I really don't know. I suspect that those stamps are Remington era. Of course, the first step is to find out whether that serial number is of the barrel length and option category to be an original skeet gun.

The serial number book as it listed with all the options

P2, H, 14, S, 12, 26.

It also letters as such

This is #237230 1935 mfg date.

attached are the flats of a GHE 12 I once owned, and a VHE 16 I own now. The GHE 12 only had IBM a record, but did sell through Abercrombie back in the day and I received full records from them as it being a Skeet gun. I have not sent in for info on the VHE 16, but I do not doubt it being an original skeet gun.