well keit, if you wish to discuss whos who here, suggest you start an off topic thread so we can discuss without trashing this and other threads...
and have you really fit replacement barrels to receivers and forends?...or is that just a bogus boast on your part?
Double shotguns do not have receivers Ed. They have actions. Big difference, if you actually knew anything about guns. But you seem to be wrong a lot more than you are right... just like Jagermeister.
Yes, I have fitted orphan barrels to guns with damaged or missing barrels. The first one I did was an OO Grade L.C. Smith that had the left barrel blown up due to a plug of snow in the barrels. I also did a couple Syracuse Lefevers, and a 20 ga. Ithaca Flues. I'm still looking for barrels and a forend for an early four digit 16 ga. B grade Baker, and either 16 or 20 gauge barrels that I can use to save a G Grade Lefever. The difference in firing pin spacing and breech width is often pretty much inconsequential with many later 20's and 16's. The compensating screw in the action knuckle makes it a bit easier than stoning or building up and dressing a hook. And making a new bolt of the correct thickness is not as difficult as with most other guns. Then one doesn't need to peen dolls heads or bend top levers like you know who to have them right of center and tightly bolted. Oh yes, I also have a set of Lefever DSE barrels to use on an IE grade that has pitted barrels, but that project is pending.
Here's one I saw recently. It has different serial numbers on both barrels, on the water table, and on the forend iron. The buttstock is also quite proud of the action, and most likely came from another gun as well. The fact that an E grade Lefever with nice wood and auto ejectors didn't get more than two bids with a high of $555.00 goes to show that marrying a bunch of non-original parts isn't going to net you a bunch of money when you sell.
http://www.gunbroker.com/item/712158122EDIT for Ed Good: If I started a new thread to discuss the fact that you don't know the difference between a receiver and an action, you still wouldn't be happy. If you wish to discuss gunsmithing, I suggest you have a talk with old Ed Lander while you two burn some double shotgun actions... not receivers... with an acetylene torch.
