12ga. 34" VHE

[charlie cleveland]

I was betting this was a 3 inch gun....you scored a winner with those 3 inch chambers and a beefed up stock to take heavy loads and chokes that some of us only dream of...a keeper for sure.....charlie

[Jay Oliver]

I wanted to update this thread with information from the research letter, thanks Chuck!

A few changes over the past 100 years. It was ordered in 1923 as a 34" VHE with the trap forend, no mention of the person/place it was ordered from unfortunately. It is listed as have 2 5/8" chambers which have been lengthened to 3", I am okay with that.

Here are the stock dimensions from the letter, LOP 14 3/4", which is now 14 1/4 with a recoil pad(a better LOP for me...). I am not sure if it would have had a recoil pad when new. The other dimensions are listed as DOC - 1 1/2" and DOH - 2"

This is such a nice gun I look forward to using it.

[James L. Martin]

Jay, I have a 34" VH similar to yours .It has become my go to clays gun. Mine was made in 1913 and has had at least 3 stocks on it. The stock measures 14 15/16 - 1 9/16 -1 3/4, high for me but gun shoots flat for me and works great for clays. It comes in at 8' 4" with chokes of .036 & .030.