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10-30-2021, 08:26 AM
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That’s a very light weight gun. Can you post some pics? We want to see it.
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10-30-2021, 08:57 AM
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Nice find!! Congrats.
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10-30-2021, 11:17 AM
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Congratulations! That’s a classic upland gun for sure.
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"Doubtless the good Lord could have made a better game bird than bobwhite, and better country to hunt him in...but equally doubtless, he never did." -- Guy de la Valdene (from A Handful of Feathers ) "'I promise you,' he said, 'on my word of honor, I won't die on the opening of the bird season.'" -- Robert Ruark (from The Old Man and the Boy) |
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10-30-2021, 11:33 AM
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The unstruck barrel weight and the measured total weight of the gun make it an unusual Parker if not a "rare" variation. I would like to see the original order for this gun to determine whether it was an accident in manufacture or a special request for a "light as possible" gun.
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10-30-2021, 11:46 AM
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Very nice! That'll be a favorite. I have a VH 16 0 frame 26" that is a favorite of mine. It's also 5#13oz. WICKED fast to the shoulder, a delight to carry. A quail harvesting machine.
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10-30-2021, 06:38 PM
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I have my grandfathers 16 ga vh. Had DelGrego restock it and do a complete restoration on it some 12 yrs ago. My brother and I grew up with this 16. It's special.
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10-30-2021, 07:01 PM
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My "light" 0 frame 16s, both 26" and 28", are all 6 pounds, 4 ounces. This gun is 7 ounces lighter. What a neat gun, deserves a PGCA letter to find out how it got that way. A find for sure.
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10-30-2021, 07:48 PM
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Pictures and Letter
I sent a request in for a letter just yesterday I too am anxious to get some feedback on this gun. As soon as I get a chance I'll do my best to put up a few pictures of the gun, I am an amateur photographer with very basic equipment. This is a fine handling gun it has a few light barrel dents and appears that it may have been reblued at some time, case colors are gone with a couple of light indentations in the buttstock, but not bad for a gun that's 105 years old. Still very tight and right...
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