VHE 28 Gauge

[Mark Callanan]

So I have been contacted about buying a fairly late model 28 VHE
All original condition
I have been looking for a 28 for a number of years
I go to the serial number book and it shows a 12 gauge 30" vhe
As you can imagine this isn't a cheap parker price wise
I was wondering is any one had any insight into this all?

Thanks for any help

[George M. Purtill Member #28]

How "fairly late" is it?
You might want to PM me the serial number because I study late guns.
You also might want to order a REAL letter from Chuck Bishop. He has the real records that are better than the "book".

[Bill Murphy]

My insight is that the owner sent you the wrong serial number.

[George M. Purtill Member #28]

Excellent point Bill. It could be a simple transposition.

[Opening Day]

And the other thing, the book is wrong many, many times Jack Puglisi use say to me, the book was great most of the time and a "curse" other times , you could have a gun right as rain (as he use to say) but the book says a gun has 30" barrels but the gun you are looking at has 28" and they have not been cut with the end of rib matting, but now the gun is cursed because the book says so There are many misprints in "The Book". Just food for thought.

[Mark Callanan]

Originally Posted by Eric Eis

And the other thing, the book is wrong many, many times Jack Puglisi use say to me, the book was great most of the time and a "curse" other times , you could have a gun right as rain (as he use to say) but the book says a gun has 30" barrels but the gun you are looking at has 28" and they have not been cut with the end of rib matting, but now the gun is cursed because the book says so There are many misprints in "The Book". Just food for thought.

I have heard the same thing
In this case the Parker story lists all the 28 bore guns Parker made
This gun isn't listed there either
Again thanks for your help

[Mark Callanan]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

My insight is that the owner sent you the wrong serial number.

Bill

First off thanks for taking the time to help
I have held the gun and I took a pic of the serial number

[John Powers]

I had a good one several years ago. The book showed the gun, a 12ga DH with 30" and the gun in front of me had 32", properly serialized and to the frame. I bought it and the letter indicated the following. Gun sent back a year after ownership to have the original barrels cut to 24". A year later, the gun was again sent back to have another set of barrels made in 32". So in this case, the book was right, and what I was looking at was right, you just never know until an actual letter is generated.

[Dean Romig]

Chuck - it is a 1930 gun. That explains a couple of things about the records.






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[Bill Murphy]

I wish you would post the serial number. Some of our members have information that is not posted in the PGCA files. If it is not in the serialization book, it won't be in the 28 gauge appendix because they both used the same source, the stock books. There are no order books in 1930. If it is a 00 frame gun, it is a real 28 gauge, regardless of what the serialization book says.