Edgar,

Funny story. My study may be flawed since obviously I have not looked at multiple guns with stuck barrels. I have only actually stuck one doing the same swap and got them off by removing the screw. It does give you a sickening feeling in your stomach when you do it.

But the others I looked at I used the hypothesis that with stuck barrels they would not open further than they normally would with the forend on. Thus the gauge conclusion. So all ignore my data, please.

I put a set of Fox Sterlingworth barrels on another gun and put the forend of the original gun on them. They fit, but a tight forend fit, and I pulled the screws out of the wood trying to get the forend off. Felt like an idiot, which I was.

Jerry - at least the lug stayed on the barrels...






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Thank you all for your very good advice. Yes, it was a Trojan in very nice shape but the barrels. I did take the screw out and the barrels came off. when I put them back together, it did the same thing. Off to my gunsmith who is a wizard on metal problems on guns. I will let you know what it was so if some one else has this problem, we will know of one cure. Frank

Well... tell him to take a look at the unhooking slide in the trigger plate and he will find the cure.

Ditto big time!

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Brian, you were right again. When he took it apart and got the spring and plunger working again. it is working find now. Thanks again. See you guys in a few weeks. Frank :bigbye:

Did that fix the safety issue?

safety issue all good too.