20 ga

[tom tutwiler]

Another easier way:

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=414416371

[Setter Man]

Wow those are some seriously thick breach walls. Makes my 20/32 look rather slender.

[Eldon Goddard]

I thought about bidding on this one, but I have a lot to learn about parker prices. I thought that being a heavy 20 it would go for less. Great gun.

[Setter Man]

Originally Posted by Eldon Goddard

I thought about bidding on this one, but I have a lot to learn about parker prices. I thought that being a heavy 20 it would go for less. Great gun.

Keep in mind Parker made only 221 20-ga V-grades with 32" barrels. That gun may be one of only a couple made in that specific configuration (#2 frame and a set of 16 ga barrels).

[Bill Zachow]

Even though it may be a rare configuration, is not the price excessive for a gun with little condition and a probably non original butt treatment?

[edgarspencer]

Ordering a 16/20 gun on a #2 frame, and then asking for it to be as light as possible makes me wonder why it wasn't ordered on a 1 or even 0 frame, if weight was the issue.

[Cold Spring]

Gun looks honest to me. I would have been in the running if I knew it was up for sale. Just for comparison here's a pic of 12-ga and 20-ga/3 inch breeches on a 2-framed VH. Both 32 inchers. The 20-ga is stamped 4^11, a tad lighter than the one discussed here. Barrels actually weigh 4^4 and chambers measure a few thou under 3 inches long.

For those of you coming to the Northeast SxS two weeks hence, I'll probably have the Super 20 as I call her, out at the Bo-Whoop Long Range shooting butt. She does well at far off game and I want to try her on those targets. Stop by if you want to check her out.

PS I've taken a few turkeys using 20 gauge/3-inch Western Super-X papers, folded crimp with 1-1/4 oz of #4 shot. I'm now nursing an almost full box. Good to go for another 20 or so birds.

[Setter Man]

Originally Posted by Bill Zachow

Even though it may be a rare configuration, is not the price excessive for a gun with little condition and a probably non original butt treatment?

I wonder the same thing. Only the buyer knows what drove him/her to that price. Perhaps they have or know where the second set of barrels are. Or perhaps they just got caught up in the moment, which is why I avoid auctions.

[Bill Murphy]

The buyer wasn't the only one who found the price appealing. It takes at least two bidders to reach a selling price. As I suggested in an earlier post, the request for "light as can" refers to the 16 gauge barrels, not the 20s.

[Dean Romig]

Still leaving the question unanswered "Why build the gun on a 2-frame rather than a 1 or 1 1/2 ?"