Info on Dad's old Parker 20 ga VHE

[TimCayward]

Guys, thanks for setting me straight regarding extractors vs. ejectors! Good to know that I have a VH, not a VHE.

I will post some pictures of the full gun shortly.
Thanks,
-Tim

[TimCayward]

Here's a couple of pictures of the 1906 Parker 20 gauge VH. (Not VHE!)

Responding to Mark, I was a junior officer on another ship in the Battle Group. We JO's drew straws to see who could go to Mighty Mo for some cross training and surface warfare qualifications, and I won. What a great ship, loved sailing on her. Must have been cool being a turret captain!

[Researcher]

Chambered for a 3" shell.

Most Parker Bros. 20-gauge guns of that era were chambered for the then standard 2 1/2 inch 20-gauge shell. If it was in fact ordered chambered for the longer 2 3/4, 2 7/8 or 3-inch 20-gauge shells of the day, they were nothing like the modern 3-inch Magnum 20-gauge shells introduced in 1954.

From the late 1890s until the early 1920s, the heaviest 20-gauge loads offered by our North American ammunition companies were 2 1/4 drams of bulk smokeless powder or 18-grains of dense smokeless powder such as Infallible or Ballistite pushing 7/8 ounce of shot. In the longer 2 3/4, 2 7/8 and 3-inch shells one could get a slightly hotter load of 2 1/2 drams of bulk smokeless powder or 20 grains of Infallible or Ballistite pushing that same 7/8 ounce of shot. The real value of the longer shells was a better wad column which many gun cranks of the day believed to be important.

20-gauge 3-inch Rem-UMC Arrow.jpg

3-inch IDEAL 20-gauge.jpg