Stan, I'd offer a shotgun with even fewer repair problems and I'll bet few smiths have ever even see them. It's a Syracuse Lefever non ejector made in the final period of Lefever Arms. They are about as brain dead simple and reliable as any ever made. The ball joint hinge is nothing short of genius. And the locking lug, like the Fox is in the strongest possible position. Granted most of them are damascus barreled but hey, I still think this new fangled fluid steel is a passing fad. š¤£
PS: as I see it the lumps on the Parker Repro are totally different than the originals. The lumps on the original are part of the original tubes and after joining Parker milled the dovetail to install the wetical lump (hook, cocking hook, and locking lug). The repos made the entire lump in one piece and then either soldered or brazed that entire piece onto both tubes. So there is nothing mechanical to hold it onto the barrels other than the solder or braze. No thankee!
