barrel switch

[Harold Lee Pickens]

Worked til noon today, but white out driving conditions forcasted for the afternoon. Went home and started looking at the guns. Pulled 2 Sterlingworth 16,s(savage guns) out of the safe, took them apart and lo and behold, the barrels interchanged easily as did the fore ends. Huh. Took out 2 Sterlingworth 20's and the barrels also interchanged easily. So, of course I pulled out 2 0 frame Parkers, a dhe and a VH, both with 26" barrels--no way would those interchange . Must have been alot more hand fitting involved with Parkers than with the Foxes.

[David Noble]

You have to be careful trying barrels on different actions! Just last week I thought I would try switching the barrels on two D toplever hammerguns. The first set wouldn't close in the other action, but the second switch snapped right in! UH-OH.. it just wouldn't open back up. :eek: The lever wouldn't pull the locking bolt back far enough. Had to pull the locks and the stock to get to the locking bolt.
Simple thought got complicated fast.

[Greg Baehman]

But then, I have two 20-ga. Philly Fox Sterlingworths where the barrels do not come close to interchanging. I also have two 28-ga. Parker Repros--a single gun and a 2-bbl. set, all three barrel sets are interchangable on either gun.

[Harold Lee Pickens]

Dave, I guess im lucky I didnt have a similar problem. Guess I wont try to see if my Fox A Grade 16 barrels will fit the Sterlingworths. Boredom makes us do strange things!