12 GA DHE Value

[Alex Dade]

Yea obviously the adjustable recoil pad isn't original. What should I do about that? What would the original have been? A skeleton?

This one isn't quite as heavy as your 8.75# gun, but not far off. Like I say, fine for skeet, but after a day in the field bird shooting, this gun would feel VERY heavy. I've lugged an M-14 (9.8#) and an M-1 (9.5#) around all day, but that was when I was a pup....and I was encouraged by a loudmouthed platoon sargeant....can't quite do that any more!

[Alex Dade]

Wonder if the Research Committee could determine how many skeet or trap guns were build on #2 frames?

[Bill Murphy]

The Researcher would find that difficult to impossible considering the number of missing stock books. I have never seen a #2 frame skeet gun and darn few #2 frame trap guns. Let's see what other members say about #2 frame trap guns.

[Jeff K.]

My VHE is a 1 1/2 frame with 30" tubes.

[Double Lab]

My VHE trap has 32" barrels on a 1 1/2 frame with double triggers. Not very common I come to find out as most were ordered with the single trigger.

[Alex Dade]

Mine's a single trigger, which I prefer

[C.O.B.]

I have a DHE 30" VR trap gun on a 1 1/2 frame. It would take big money to pry it away.

[Dean Romig]

A 2-Frame live bird gun or Pigeon Gun would be more likely than a 2-Frame Trap Gun. I can't remember ever seeing a 2-Frame Trap Gun.

I strongly disagree with the $4000 assessment posted earlier.

[Alex Dade]

Dean - Help me out here, as I'm a bit new to this - What exactly is it that makes this a trap gun versus skeet or live bird gun? And I saw a guestimate of $8K, but I didn't see the $4K valuation you mention. I was thinking more along the lines of eight myself.

[Dean Romig]

A skeet gun would have shorter barrels. 26" was by far the most popular barrel length for a skeet gun of that era, however 28" barrels are not unknown. On the other hand, 32" barrels would have been considered a serious handicap in skeet shooting.

The name of "Skeet" was only given to that game of shotgun shooting in 1926 and Parker Bros. was not building and/or advertising 'skeet guns' until 1929 or so.