Or threaded in, cut off and filled and filed.
Regarding alterations to the rib extension, I’m sure Parker Bros. must have removed it either to replace it with one that had been machined with the two ejector travel grooves or to machine the original. Like you, I’m certain they were well adept at that process but I’ll have a look when I get the barrels back from Breck.
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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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