Jerry, I know there is at least one 0 frame (BHE20) that I was able to do this on. Many years ago, when my day was still alive, and I was half the age I am now, I was playing with a couple of his Parkers and swapped the barrels from a CHE20 to his BHE20, because I wanted to see how it felt with 26" barrels instead of the 30" on the BHE. They snapped right into place, and closed well enough, but no amount of finagling would let me get them back off. My dad was upstairs, and I had to get home, so to say I was sweating bullets might be an understatement.
I was able to repmove the cocking lever screw without any trouble, because with the fore end off, the barrels would move back just enough to allow the full head of the screw to turn freely out. I will never forget that incedent, because some time later, my Dad called me up to say he was playing around swapping barrels, and got the same barrels stuck on the same BHE. I came over to his house, and quickly removed the screw. I felt guilty when he said "Wow, how did you know how to do that?" I don't think I ever told him.
I just went downstairs and looked at all my hammerless guns, and only one 1 1/2 Frame 12 will let me do it, and a 1 frame DHE 16 will also.
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