Jerry you are not alone, I have seen Turkish o/u rattled apart in 3 months. Not that i care about them at all but when it is a vintage double i feel the need to council the owner.

Drew, I knew I had some pics of the dumbbell repair insert and I found them.
Feel free to copy these to your files and use them however you like.

I wish I could remember the details but all I know is the pics were taken with my kitchen floor in the background.

In looking more closely it is a Remington era DHE 0-frame stock I sold a few years ago.
The last picture clearly shows the Remington "lance-point" drop point rather than the Meriden style of "willow leaf" drop point.


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Dean

What is across the center? It looks like the "bells" are two dowels in each cheek. Is the cross piece another dowel across the web? Is it just inlet or is it smaller and drilled into the side dowels?

I saw Michael McIntosh in several videos making a big deal about lifting the butt to the action on reloading rather than snapping the gun shut by the barrels. Generally it was when in the company of a British instructor. I suspect this was something commonly taught by the British back in the day for the reason stated.

That's them Dean and thanks! :)
There was likely a reason for the reinforcement.

It’s all one piece - that’s why it’s called a “dumbbell”





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