16 gauge BHE

Kirk Potter · 02-07-2018, 03:04 PM

This has to be pretty rare..

http://www.gunsinternational.com/gun...n_id=100984169

Only 100 20 gauge BHE’s made, can’t be many of those with 16 gauge barrels as well.

Reggie B · 02-07-2018, 03:06 PM

The Briley tubes would kill the deal for me.

C.O.B. · 02-07-2018, 03:38 PM

There out there. When I was at Cabela's we had one and it sat there for a long time. I shipped it out to a new store that was opening.

Dean Romig · 02-07-2018, 04:04 PM

As I understand it, a lot of the Repro BHE's were engraved with D engraving but this one was not. How many 16/20 BHE's were made? A handful at most I'm sure. It will be a long time before we see another of these for sale.

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Wild Skies · 02-07-2018, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Dean Romig

As I understand it, a lot of the Repro BHE's were engraved with D engraving but this one was not.

Dean, to my knowledge, two and only two BHEs with D-style engraving have been found. Both of these are .410s on the 0000-frame, one of them was the subject of with pics shown in this thread, a pic of the other was also shown in this same thread:

http://parkerguns.org/forums/showthread.php?t=12472

If you know of others please bring them to light.

nid-28 · 02-07-2018, 04:24 PM

Two things hit me as I looked over this gun!! I've never seen a set of 26 inch 16 ga. barrels. All were 28 inches that I've encountered, including 8 sets of spare barrels I examined some years ago. Could they have been shortened when the Brileys were installed?? The other thing is that this gun is a long way from 98%. Just my observations.........

Kirk Potter · 02-07-2018, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Bill Davis

Two things hit me as I looked over this gun!! I've never seen a set of 26 inch 16 ga. barrels. All were 28 inches that I've encountered, including 8 sets of spare barrels I examined some years ago. Could they have been shortened when the Brileys were installed?? The other thing is that this gun is a long way from 98%. Just my observations.........

I think you’re right.

Dean Romig · 02-07-2018, 05:51 PM

Nope, sorry Greg, I've only seen pictures of one.

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Bill Murphy · 02-07-2018, 06:54 PM

Cut at Briley's, end of story. We're not going to live long enough for 26" barrels to become interesting to collectors, especially not when they are cut.

Kirk Potter · 02-08-2018, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

Cut at Briley's, end of story. We're not going to live long enough for 26" barrels to become interesting to collectors, especially not when they are cut.

I’m agnostic when it comes to a barrel length of either 26” or 28”.. is 2” really going to make a difference? I think the idea some people have of that extra 2” getting caught on something is pretty funny. If I’m in that thick of cover for that to happen it’s either going to or not.

As far as aesthetics though, I don’t care for 26” in a 12 gauge. The proportions just look wrong and it looks bulky. MO of course.

I wouldn’t let those barrels stop me from buying this if the price was cheap enough and I was in the market.. But yeah, no collector value really and the price would have to be a lot less.