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[Dean Romig]

Here's a little Trojan twenty with lots of color Bill and the second picture is my Trojan sixteen also with lots of color. These guns were likely refinished by the same hand and are nearly twins except for the gauge.


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[AmarilloMike]

And here is a little O frame 16 gauge 28" DHE I owned - weighed 6-2, no case and not much blue or stock finish with a couple of Bobs I took with it and the dogs that pointed them for me in the next picture. I like little dogs too!

[AmarilloMike]

And here are some nice pictures my shooting student Joe Wood took. I was using the 16 gauge O frame V grade. There is just not much a fellow can do with these little guns but if he is creative he can get a little good out of them. Lord knows you can't sell them and can just barely give them away.

[AmarilloMike]

Here is another picture my shooting student Joe Wood took. That is the Parker Reproduction 28 again. As you can see I have only found a few things to do with the little guns and have to do the same boring things over and over. I did manage to down one of those Bobs even though I was undergunned.

Just having some fun Bill. I really didn't take offense and a big 12 bore Parker is certainly a great gun.

[Bill Murphy]

I do have a few little guns. My favorite is a little blued all over 1900 vintage VH 28, about the seventh or eighth 28 made. Factory bored cylinder and full and straight grip.

[Dean Romig]

On the 0-frame too Bill - Sweet little gun, how long are the barrels? Is she whippy?

[Bill Murphy]

26", Dean. Not whippy. The trick to eliminating "whippy" is shooting the little guns a lot. I don't think you can wear them out. I have been shooting another 2 1/2" chambered VH 28 for 51 years now with 2 3/4" shells, factory and reloads, and it is tight as new. I may bring my first Parker (my 28" 28) to the Southern if you will be there to wave it around. It is the gun that started me on Parkers in 1960.

[Dean Romig]

I believe a small, light gun can be controlled much better, whether whippy or not, by holding one's pointing hand beyond the forend.

[AmarilloMike]

Bill those sound like optimized Bobwhite guns. I envy your having two!

I have looked at dozens of VH 28s on the interenet and can't get a feel for the pricing of shooters.

I have a 20 and a 28 Birmingham boxlocks factory choked cylinder and choke (the left barrel is marked "not for ball". I also have an Ithaca Grade 4 sixteen factory choked cylinder and full. The little O frame 16 V is factory choked 8 and 12.

Fun stuff.

Best,

Mike

[Harry Collins]

Bill,

It would be nice to see your 28 alongside one of your 8 gauges. My avatar is an 0 framed 20 next to a 4 framed 10 gauge. The one time I was able to shoot at the Southern, I followed up the 10 gauge lifter with the 28. I new I had made a mistake after the first station, but I was already committed.

Harry