barrel weights

Harold Pickens · 02-19-2013, 08:55 PM

What were the lightest barrel weights available on 26 and 28 in. guns? MY VH 20 and DHE 16 both have 26" cyl/m barrel s @ 3lbs 1oz and both guns weigh 6 lbs even per factory letter specs, In a recent post was a VH 20 with 28" barrels weighing 6 lbs. The LOP was the same the , so the difference must be that the 28" barrels weigh less than the 26". How light could they be?

charlie cleveland · 02-19-2013, 10:22 PM

harld i have a gh 20 the barrels are stamped 2 lbs 14 ounce they are 26 inch and i have a vh with factory 27 inch barrels stamped 2 lbs 15 ounce... i think a few of the boys have some some that are 2lb 8 ounce.... charlie

Hammer Gun · 02-20-2013, 05:17 AM

Charlie, are your barrels damascus or steel? And a question for the group do damascus barrels weigh more than steel barrels? this is a question I have been pondering for instance a set of 26" barrels one damascus one steel choked the same bored and chambered the same would the damascus weigh more than the steel barrels or less? Gary

JLoew · 02-20-2013, 06:52 AM

I know of an AHE 20 with barrels marked 2-10.

Snap Cap · 02-20-2013, 10:28 AM

Josh, do you know the minimum barrel wall thickness on that 20 AHE? The 0 frame 20 ga. guns I have measured with 3 lb + marked barrel have all had more minimum barrel wall thickness than the same barrel length 2 lb x oz. marked barrels of the same length. Thanks.

James L. Martin · 02-20-2013, 09:26 AM

I have a VH 20 with 26" barrels that are marked 3, gun is just under 6 lbs

Smoothebore · 02-20-2013, 09:37 AM

My PHE20 with 28" barrels is marked 3-1, with a total weight of six pounds even.

charlie cleveland · 02-20-2013, 10:15 AM

my barrels are both fluid steel...this is and interesting thread..i too always wondered what the lightest weight set of barrels parker ever built... charlie

John Havard · 02-20-2013, 10:35 AM

My 16-bore GH damascus 26" has an unstruck barrel weight of 2# 12 oz and was shipped from Meriden with a finished weight of 5# 9 oz.

http://parkerguns.org/forums/showthread.php?t=9184

Harold Pickens · 02-20-2013, 10:09 PM

John
That sounds like a real sweet gun, have any pictures to post?--what are the chokes? Starting to get the desire for a damascus gun, hell maybe even a hammer gun