Wide is one thing, but a belly in a forend just destroys the lines of the gun.
Other posters are right about mentioning the work thag had to have been involved to make that forend work. Not only are super long screws needed, but either the barrel lug of hook on the latch would have been needed to be extended, by nearly an 1”! Likely the hook on the latch.
A new latch, new screws and new wood would do wonders for that gun.
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B. Dudley
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