New to me VH is home.

[Joe from MO]

Picked up the VH I bought a few days back yesterday, and very happy with the gun. It's in what appears to be excellent condtion outside of a few spots on barrels where they are a bit discolored, looks like maybe someone left blood on them at some point.....

Wood has some handling marks from years of use, but nothing bad. I bought some Timberluxe from Mr. Board, and it should be here next week. BTW, he's a great guy to talk to, and very helpful, can't wait to see how his product works.

The chambers are 2 3/4". This is a 1927 gun, my 1926 Trojan has 2 5/8". Are the 2 3/4" in the VH original? Or were they lengthened? I have ordered the factory letter, not sure if chamber lenghts are listed in those. Also, chokes as measured by one of those Galazan style gauges are M/F.

I have not taken any other measurements yet, I have a manson gauge, and will be checking that too.

Plan to go shoot a couple rounds of Trap with it this evening, can't wait to take her afield this fall.

For right now, she's just hanging out with some old friends.

[Harry Collins]

A nice looking Trojan and Fox too.

[Mills]

Looking good!

[Joe from MO]

Originally Posted by Harry Collins

A nice looking Trojan and Fox too.

The Trojan is responsible for the VH. I bought it just over a month ago, got it for what I felt was a very good price @ $699. Like it so much, started looking at a VH for upland use. Thought it was going to take a long time to find the gun I wanted, but sometimes one shows up, that you just know you will regret not buying, and so now I own the VH.

VH will be used for upland birds, the Trojan on ducks. Going to handload some bismuth for the Trojan. It's a 2 frame with 30" barrels that appear to be choked IM/XF. I plan to pattern it and the VH next time I am up at my cabin.

These dang guns are like tater chips, hard to stop at just one....

The Fox is a 16ga SW from 1926. 28" choked IM/XF as well.

[Joe from MO]

BTW, barrel weight is stamped at 3 then 9. What exactly does that mean?

[Richard Flanders]

3#9oz unstruck weight of the barrels.