I agree with Edgar with the exception of the middle two, to me, indicate the barrels have been tightened to the frame.
My 1898 DH came back from Russ Bickel looking somewhat like the middle two, though not quite as wide a gap, after he tightened my Titanic barrels. When I sent the gun go him it looked more like #4.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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