Brian, thanks for affirming my initial thoughts. I am unsure what part of the forend is not original. My assumption is that the metal components are original and the wood is not. That is on my list of things to discuss tomorrow. He and I talked of finding a replacement forend that was of similar look and use. In your experience is this going to be a difficult find or relatively easy?
On your final point, please educate me on 2.5" chambers. I thought all 20ga shells that were labeled as 2 3/4" were ~2 1/4" unshot and about ~2 5/8" shot. How does this relate into 2.5" chambers? I am always interested to learn something new.
And while I am asking naive questions, how does one figure out what the chamber size is? Is a chamber the only way?
Again, best regards.
|