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Originally Posted by Joseph Roth
In August of 2021, took a trip to Del Greco's shop,
He inspected my 1916 "VH", after his quick inspection, he asked how many 2-3/4 shells went thru it? He pointed out the parallel cracks, in the top of the stock wrist starting from the tang. the chambers were 2-5/8". He indicated that the chambers , can be lengthen to the standard. He also indicated that smaller frames could not be altered, due to the shorter barrel flat length and the water table of the receiver, as the longer shell length and the remainder of the forcing cones of the barrel, would weakened the barrels.
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He was wrong in all respects in what he told you about your Parker.
He was living by archaic suppositions that had no basis in fact… just rumor.
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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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