Parker Ponder

[Researcher]

I've been in this house 18 years, and I am still pondering on how to display extra barrel sets in my gun room!!

[6pt-Sika]

Here's the chamber end of a set of 2 frame 16 gauge barrel's they look a bit thick also . No I didn't take the picture someone sent it to me .

[Randy Roberts]

Would some of you fellas with the 2 frame 20's mind posting the barrel length and unstruck weight ? I am just curious. Thanks !

[mobirdhunter]

So it's very clear that there is collector interest in and passion for long barreled, heavy weight 20s.

Can you help me understand what the intrinsic value of these guns is (not the monetary value...I can see that in the price of those offered for sale)? I certainly understand the rarity, and the historical interest in the "fashion" of those duck club guns, but is there something else I'm missing?

[Randy Roberts]

Originally Posted by Garry L Gordon

So it's very clear that there is collector interest in and passion for long barreled, heavy weight 20s.

Can you help me understand what the intrinsic value of these guns is (not the monetary value...I can see that in the price of those offered for sale)? I certainly understand the rarity, and the historical interest in the "fashion" of those duck club guns, but is there something else I'm missing?

Garry the one thing you omitted that is a huge factor to me is the actual use of these long barreled guns. I like them on the sporting clays course and out on the prairie. Tried a 34" in the turkey blind one year and also tried to carry it through the woods, I'm over that now. We all have certain aesthetics that we prefer in a gun. For me a long barreled 20 or 16 is just sexy looking. Now throw in a 32" 28 gauge, oh my !

[Researcher]

Originally Posted by Randy G Roberts

Would some of you fellas with the 2 frame 20's mind posting the barrel length and unstruck weight ? I am just curious. Thanks !

32-inch, 4 pounds 5 ounce --

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[Reggie B]

I will throw my two cents in. I think what attracts me to long barrel small bores is that there just aren't that many. I have a 30" 00 frame VHE 28 gauge that is the sweetest little thing ever. I have been looking for a long time for the same gun in a G, or D and they just don't seem to materialize which makes the attraction even greater. Maybe it is the "why do you want what you know you can't have" syndrome??

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Reggie Bishop

I will throw my two cents in. I think what attracts me to long barrel small bores is that there just aren't that many. I have a 30" 00 frame VHE 28 gauge that is the sweetest little thing ever.

I shot Daryl's VHE 28 30" at Hausemann's in June . Little thing will roll up some targets at distance if I do my part !

[Double Lab]

Originally Posted by CraigThompson

I shot Daryl's VHE 28 30" at Hausemann's in June . Little thing will roll up some targets at distance if I do my part !

Same here Craig. When I'm firing on all 8 cylinders that little gun is like a magic wand. She's so damn easy to shoot and shoot well.

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Originally Posted by Reggie Bishop View Post
I will throw my two cents in. I think what attracts me to long barrel small bores is that there just aren't that many. I have a 30" 00 frame VHE 28 gauge that is the sweetest little thing ever.

It's not only that Reggie but I've always loved the 20 and 28 gauges and although there aren't that many I have been lucky in finding 30 and 32 in. smallbores that are just fun to shoot and not once have I felt handicapped by them on the clays course or in the field.

[Randy Roberts]

I managed to get in 2 rounds of sporting clays with this gun, what a treat it was. I shot it well, not far off my 12 gauge game actually on a fairly testy course. It is now in the hands of Fed Ex on its way to Mr. Dudley with a pretty darn nice stock blank IMO. Attached is a not so good pic of the blank the prior owner had sent me via text. And so the inevitable wait that goes along with a project such as this begins.