1906 20ga VH Stock

[Dean Romig]

Theoretically they allow gas to escape from pierced primers an sometimes along the chamber walls when using brass shells. The hot gas (flame) has been known to chip and sometimes fracture stock heads and to travel back along the plunger channels toward the shooter's face. I have no idea how effective these ports might have been in eliminating or reducing these problems.

This porting process was patented by W. & C. Scott early on.

My apologies to Jim Pasman for so wildly veering from the original topic of this thread.

[Jim P.]

NO apology necessary! This is how we learn....I appreciate everyone's interest in the topic.

I'm totally guessing, but, the gas lines in my gun don't look as professionally crafted as the picture of your hammer gun. The stock on mine has a Remington cap with no repair codes on the flats or barrels. If the original straight stock was replaced with a "beefier" pistol grip and combined with the gas ports, I'm thinking there could have been damage to the original stock due to the loads being used. Since I use RST shells, I would like to see if I can get it back to its original configuration.

Thanks, again, for everyone's interest.

[B. Dudley]

Dean, Here is a photo of the breech face on the VH that I mentioned.
It is Serial number 125396. The Frame is in my Parts bin. It was originally a 32" straight grip gun.
I think you bought the trigger guard off it from me.

Vented Breech Face.jpg