Serial Number Look Up Please

[Bill Tullis]

Would someone please look up S/N 204063 in the book for me. Thanks!

[WHO]

VHE 20 gauge, 28" barrels, straight grip

[Bill Tullis]

Thanks, Wayne. The gun I'm looking at is a VH 12 1-1/2 frame pistol grip. It appears to be original with a lot of original case color and well fitting wood. To all, could the serialization book be in error? Seems odd that someone would convert a VHE 20 to a VH 12. Since there has to be ejection hammers in a VHE, is it possible to convert a VHE to a VH by removing the ejector parts?

[Pa SxS]

Not a mistake. VHE 20ga. with 28" barrels and a straight grip.

[Spin Drift]

204061 is a VH 12ga PG 28"

[Bill Murphy]

Members posting serial numbers on this forum make more mistakes than the SB. Just sayin'.

[Bill Tullis]

I went back to the shop that has the gun for sale. The trigger guard is engraved 204063 as I stated in my original post. However the frame, barrels, and forearm are stamped 205063. No records exist for the latter. The engraving of the S/N on the trigger guard is poorly done. Could this be common for a gun made in 1923? All of my guns are earlier and the S/N engraving is nicely done. It also doesn't seem to me that a mix up on the S/N's would be the 3rd digit of a 6 digit number.

[Pa SxS]

Originally Posted by Bill Tullis

I went back to the shop that has the gun for sale. The trigger guard is engraved 204063 as I stated in my original post. However the frame, barrels, and forearm are stamped 205063. No records exist for the latter. The engraving of the S/N on the trigger guard is poorly done. Could this be common for a gun made in 1923? All of my guns are earlier and the S/N engraving is nicely done. It also doesn't seem to me that a mix up on the S/N's would be the 3rd digit of a 6 digit number.

Take out the trigger guard screw, carefully lift the guard out of its channel, rotate the guard CCW and look on the underside of the guard. The S/N or part of the S/N should be stamped in the metal. Hopefully the entire S/N is there

[Dean Romig]

And the original serial number of the gun should also be stamped into the wood in the channel beneath the trigger guard tang.





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[Bruce Hering]

This is interesting.... just sayin