Thoughts on this...

[Walt Kowalski]

Originally Posted by Eric Grims

Shot the gun today 50 rds sporting 25 skeet and all is well and forearm and lever held tight no movement.

I took my Repro out today hunting pheasant and though I didn't fire at any birds, I did find a fat pumpkin (leftover in a Management area field) to take my frustrations out on...

First couple of shots were fine...third shot the forend lever opened a bit...Closed it up...4th shot the whole forend fell at my feet!

Gman, would you be so kind as to give me the gunsmith's name and number in Woodstock, VT?

Looks like a drive is in order for some filing work...

Alternatively, can anyone recommend a competent gunsmith any closer to Southern NH than Woodstock VT?? I can't bring my gun to just anyone...

[gman]

It is Daniel Morgan 802 457 4828. He specializes in English guns and to my knowledge he readily works on many other double guns. Myself and others I shoot with find him to be a valuable resource.
Good luck!

[Walt Kowalski]

Originally Posted by Eric Grims

It is Daniel Morgan 802 457 4828. He specializes in English guns and to my knowledge he readily works on many other double guns. Myself and others I shoot with find him to be a valuable resource.
Good luck!

Eric, I have an appointment with Daniel tomorrow morning at 11:30 to get my Parker Repro fixed! I am psyched!

My Girlfriend's birthday tomorrow so we're driving up and going to lunch in Woodstock while he works on the gun...Thanks for the info on Daniel!

[gman]

I know the bummer when a favorite gun isn't functioning and the relief when a good repair puts it back on line. Good luck

[Walt Kowalski]

Originally Posted by Eric Grims

I know the bummer when a favorite gun isn't functioning and the relief when a good repair puts it back on line. Good luck

Thanks!

[Walt Kowalski]

Visited Daniel Morgan in his shop full of interesting, and mouth watering, double guns...showed him my repro 20 ga and he knew just what had to be done to solve the forend "popping off" problem.

Left his shop and went to lunch and strolled around Woodstock VT for a couple hours and returned to pick up the gun.

It now has a nice snap when attaching the forend and I am confident that he did the job adequately enough to ensure that it stays together for the future of me and my gun...of course, some clay shooting will be in order to test the work...

Daniel is a nice man and has a very interesting shop full of client's, as well as his own side by sides...he explained some of his projects underway at the moment, one of which was a bastardized, $60k Purdey that he is reworking to function again as a shooter...amazing stuff!

I think he has a dream job there in the hills of VT!

[Walt Kowalski]

In the course of pheasant hunting over the last month, I have fired the repro and the fore end popping off problem has been eliminated. I was in a field one late afternoon and I let fly at some high flying crows (maybe up 50 yds or so) with the 20...didn't hit a crow but satisfied my curiosity on whether the fore end job would hold up...after a dozen shots, it did.