Interesting Stock Size Differential
 

Left Gun
Meriden era
20 gauge
Zero frame
DHBP size 1
Weight 6/0
Finished BBL wgt 2/6
Barrel length 28"

Right Gun
Remington era
16 gauge
1 frame
DHBP size 0
Weight 6/10
Finished BBL wgt 2/14
Barrel length 28"


Both of these guns balance about the same point with no appreciable difference in feel other than total weight. I found it interesting there was such a size difference between the 2 stocks with the 16 ga. 1 frame being much smaller than the 20 gauge. I have other Remington era guns and have not found them to be stocked like this 16 gauge. Both stocks are original.

I have no point other than I found it an oddity.
Best!

I am surprised that a 1 frame 16g would have the 0 sized buttplate. But, there it is… They are tiny. And usually they are found on late 20g guns and 28g/410 bore guns.

I have a 0 frame 16 DHE skeleton butt gun that has a stock smaller than any 28 or .410 I have seen. The height of the butt is less than a 0 frame buttplate. I will confirm that measurement.

Post a photo of it too.

Dean, does the research letter address the smaller stock on the 1-frame 16 ?






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No Dean, it does not. A Remington era gun with a Remington era letter.

And a Remington era letter shows us virtually nothing... Too bad.





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Yes we ran into the same phenomenon in comparing the very early Parker 28 gauges relative to buttplate height and width. Most all of the early 28s were 0 frame guns but comparing 3 guns (all G grades) that coincidentally came through Wm. Wagner's DC shop in the early 1900s, we found noticeable differences in the height and width of the stock buttplates. Most interesting, to my recollection 2 of these guns were 26" and 1 was 28". The two 26" guns had the vivid difference in buttplate dimensions. Go figure!

Here are my 2 DH 20ga guns 1 a pg the other sg. Both 26"

How different are the stocks at the other end; are the frames significantly different in height, tang widths, etc. in the stock/metal dimensions?