VH 20 Ga. Info. Needed

[Autumn Daze]

Larry,You stated that this gun is a 20 gauge. And you measured the bores at .625 that would mean the bores have been honed around .010.As was previously stated have the wall thickness checked.


Thanks Greg....

[Bruce Day]

Let's see. A typical light 0 frame 20 at maybe .028 wall originally, less .010.......

Might be fine if you shoot with a welder's glove on your leading hand and arm.

[Dean Romig]

Send it back. Too many potential problems . . . time is running out - there are others out there, just keep looking.

[Pahkuh]

Thanks to all who responded to my request. Dean would win the prize, were one to be awarded, for the most helpful answer ... the gun is going back ... just too many problems.

This is my second run at acquiring a decent VH 20 for grouse and woodcock hunting and packing them up and sending them back is getting old fast! The first "returnee" was the same gun that Weston Croft sent back. And, although I asked all the right questions before having the gun shipped to me, the answers I was provided with, were all - to put it generously kind - incorrect. I'm certain that I'll find the gun I'm looking for but probably not at either of the dealers I've thus far dealt with.

And from an earlier post by Dean ... I couldn't agree more, the Spiller gun is a thing of beauty and a joy forever.

Bruce, I hope to see you again at the 2010 Flatwater.

Larry

[Bruce Day]

Hoping to be there again, Larry. Remember our mutual friend with the bandaged hand from too thin burst barrels? That resulted from a very lightweight gun, this could have resulted from overly honed barrels.

For those out here who have not been to Flatwater in Syracuse Nebraska, its a wild event. Between the firing line of people shooting sporting clays with bolt action shotguns, the fellow who makes his own 16ga barrels for a Browning Double Auto and the ability to shoot everything from a Marlin Goose Gun to a Purdey, well its a hoot.