Not a 34"
 

Well I didn't have much luck finding a 34" Parker 12 gauge I could afford . But I did walk into a VH 32" on a #2 frame with a straight grip stock choked full and full . Should be to me some time next week !

That's a solid gun, I shot the DHE version of that for years on ducks.

Now I've got the DHE version with 34 inch barrels on a #3 frame.

She's with Brian at the moment, I'm missing my girlfriend badly already.


DLH

I thought this thing would work well for the side by side event at the state trap shoot this year .

Well provided the gun semi fits me :whistle:

I've got a VHE with 32" barrels. I shoot it reasonably well at Sporting Clays, even with it's Full and Fuller than Full chokes. I've found that RST 2 1/2 light loads seem to pattern well. That may help with a starting point for you. If I tell you that I'm contemplating getting the chokes opened up a bit, that will get some forum members crazy. Oops, I think I just did.

My 32" twist F/F+ hammer gun will break clays and kill ducks so far out you need over the horizon radar to track the target....

Recently I have been shooting my 30 inch V with full and fuller at clays. I have to shoot it a bit before I get on to it as it has 3" drop. However, once comfortable with it, boy is it fun to watch clays vaporize. It will really reach out and touch 'em - hard. A blast!

Gary, I know what you mean about vaporizing targets. I shot clays just Wednesday with the VHE and after a couple of targets, the squad was giving out "Holy C..." and "Goodness" comments.

I have a VHE 30" #1 and a VH 30" #2 and they're both like what you have . I used the VH in the side by side event at the state trap shoot last year . But I'm so used to floating the bird with an O/U or Un Single that I'd shoot right under them if I didn't think about what I was doing .

Bought a Parker VH 12 gauge on a #2 frame with 32" full and full choked barrels . Gun has an english style straight grip and the wrists been pinned twice . But this thing outta be okay for the side by side event in the VA State Trap shoot this year !

As you can see these are GB pics , hopefully the gun will be in hand next week and I can take pics of my own .

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nice pick up Craig - I watched that one for several go arounds on GB -

I did get a kick out of the guy saying the stock pins might be factory

should be a good shooter

When it gets here I'm going to take it out to the club and shoot a couple rounds of trap and see how it feels . I have a friend that wants it if I don't care for it , so if need be I can get rid of it easy enough .

People I bought this shotgun from called me today to tell me it was shipped today and they gave me the UPS tracking number , I should have it by 10 AM Friday :wink:

Just got the gun and it's actually better then I anticipated . Case colors are still pretty decent on the action . The blueings a bit worn on the barrels but such is life . I've not measured the dimensions on the stock but it "feels" like a more modern gun rather then one made in 1912 . The barrels measure 32" exactly as listed in the book .

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The pins in the wrist .

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They measure 32" exactly !

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The box on the end is not the best box I've ever seen but it is slightly there and the barrels measure exactly 32" as listed . Also the chokes are full and more .

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I have a friend who offered to take this off my hands last week if it came in and I didn't like it . Think we'll have to find him one somewhere else !

Nice gun. Looks a lot like my 32" VH I bought last fall. Mine was built in 21 and choked F/M. But very similar other then that. My barrels were incorrectly blued(freer gun shop is handling that), and they had blued the top lever( I have since corrected), but I like and and you should enjoy yours. I ended up refinishing the stock myself because it had a lot of oil in the neck, but yours looks good. Like the straight grip, mine was PG.

The pinning looks to be done well. If it ever bothers you I believe Mr. Dudley can make those pin spots go away. But if they don't bother you, I say leave em alone. They are part of the gun's history.

I talked to Danny Patton about the pins already and we came to the decision that they didn't hurt anything .

The drop in the stock is 1 1/2" and 2" . I "think" this gun and I may get along very well .

I haven't checked under the trigger guard for the serial number on the wood but I doubt seriousely that the woods been swapped on this gun .

Twenty or so years ago I had a VH #1 frame 16 gauge with a straight grip stock , 30" pipes choked F&F . Wish I had it back now it would've made a fair to middlin clays gun as well I think .

I have shot skeet with mine using RST spreader loads and it has done quite well.

No I don't imagine there is any issue with the pinning, it would be more a cosmetic thing if the look bothered you.

I checked under the trigger guard and the stock serial numbers to the gun . The LOP on this thing is 14 5/8" I was thinking that was a touch long and maybe was a replacement stock . But after seeing the serial number in the wood I feel better .

My 34'' VHE was made the same year. It has a 15'' LOP.

Well I'm kinda sorry to say I just sold this to a friend !

He wants to campaign it at the Southern Side by Side next year and a few other side by side events !