0 Frame 16s

[Scott Barter]

Good grief guys!
First off I am not looking to turn targets to dust as I stated, this is for upland bird hunting! I can also match your 35 year’s experience and not on pen raised birds. Trust me, a full choke is not required on Bobwhites!!! Thanks gents!

[Harold Pickens]

Scott, sounds like your gun must have 26" barrels to be under 6 lbs. I have 2 O frames that letter at 6 lbs, both with 26" barrels. Both came out of georgia so I assume they were quail guns. Both also were ordered with cyl/mod chokes. I would not care for IC/F on a quail gun either. My favorite choke combo is cyl/cyl. I hunt mostly grouse over my setters. I do have a couple cyl/F guns that I hunt with, but wish that second barrel was either IC or mod.
My grouse guns for many years were a VH 16 1 frame Parker and a Fox Sterlingworth 16. Both had 28" M/F chokes, and what the hell does a grouse hunter need that for. The guy I bought them from had an IC reamer, so I had both guns opened up to IC in each barrel. No real regrets on that, and still have both of them .My favorite Parker is a VHE 20 that someone wacked 1 1/2" off to 26 1/2" and very open choked. Basically, I'm saying that if this gun turns your crank and you want to make it a bonifide quail killer, its your gun . Its probably not really a collectors item, just a solid shooter. Keep us posted and show us some pictures.

[mobirdhunter]

Originally Posted by Scott Barter

Good grief guys!
First off I am not looking to turn targets to dust as I stated, this is for upland bird hunting! I can also match your 35 year’s experience and not on pen raised birds. Trust me, a full choke is not required on Bobwhites!!! Thanks gents!

Sorry, Scott, if my comment upset you. It was not my intention. I meant it when I wrote, "You know your shooting and your needs best." I agree with you that a full choke is not required to take a Bobwhite. Having never shot at pen raised birds except when planted for training purposes, like you, over time I have developed my prejudices about what works best for wild birds where I hunt them. In the end, my experience is not yours. Having said this, I must admit that over time I've come to appreciate originality in vintage guns, but that's my bias, and may not be yours.