Reproduction forend tragedy, please help me!

[James Clarke]

Jim and others thank you for the generosity it’s very appreciated I won’t turn down donations but I can’t ask that of you all. I am however very much more welcomed to the idea of finding an orphan forend rather than selling this gun. If anyone knows of any forum members who may have spare forend parts and would be willing to sell please let me know. I’ve already PM’d Brian Dudley as suggested but unfortunately he did not. I have also been thinking about possibly calling some gunsmiths/gun stores that might have spare parts laying around. mid south guns is not very far from base and when I’m visiting my wife’s family in Holland Michigan this Christmas vintage firearms is just around the corner in Grand Rapids.

[edgarspencer]

It was a year, maybe two, right around this time a guide friend in Greenville (Maine) called me looking for a fore end for a client who had hired him. That was a 20ga. Repro. While walking, the client's fore end fell off. They back tracked but never found it. That same client is apparently a member here, as he showed up very shortly there after, looking for a replacement.

I just looked through my pieces parts, and have an ejector fore end iron, minus the guts. I also have a B grade (fully checkered) ejector piece of wood, with a lesser grade tip, and latch. It's at least a start, and you're welcome to it.