0 Frame 16s

[Keith Doty]

I have 2 16s that serial number over 200000, one a VH SST, one a GHE SST, both are on #1 frames, 28", both about 6#6oz. This gun weighs 5#14oz, barrels stamped 2#15oz.
I wonder what the tiny letters indicate.

[Dean Romig]

Show us a picture of the tiny letters.

If they are J.S. It is the stamp of John Stokes.



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[Zacharysmith]

I have two 16, 0 frames. A VH and a DHE. Both fluid 26". The VH is 6lb 4 oz and the DHE is 6 even. The VH was fairly easy to locate but the DHE took some legwork.

[Andy Clark]

I recently acquired my first 16 on a 0 frame. A grade 1 (PH) with 32" twist barrels in the 76k serial number range. It weighs a dainty 6 lbs 12 oz.

[Jerry VanHorn]

I have 3 VH...one is straight grip..2 GH..one is straight grip..and 1 TL lightened frame hammer..

[Heff]

I have 5 total. Two Trojans, a skeet, and a PH w/32" tubes all on the 1 frame. I have a GH with Damascus 28" tubes on a 0 frame. I also have a VHE20 / 26" obviously on the 0 frame. I like the smaller frame size in 16 or 20 for grouse/woodcock hunting.

[Keith Doty]

Dean, the tiny letter I refer to is in photo #7 on the lug just forward of the 0 indicating frame size. It is a "K". "Researcher" is aware of several different ones including the JS you refer to.

[Researcher]

Show us a picture of the tiny letters.

If they are J.S It is the stamp of John Stokes.

I showed the J.S on the lug of hammer gun 42647 in my first post in this thread. Here it is on a hammerless 60605 --

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and hammer gun 35651 --

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Here is the tiny K on 138615 red arrow --

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[Keith Doty]

Are these initials of one of the craftsmen? Any reason (known) they appear on some guns and not others?

[Harold Pickens]

I see more O frame than 1 frame 16's. I have 4 1/2 16 Parkers. The VH, my first, is the one frame. A GH, DHE, and 16 hammer are O frame. The DHE letters at 6lbs with its 26" barrels. I have the O frame and 34" twist barrels from a 16 hammer gun--no lightening cuts in that frame.