Wayne and George: I recently sent my 16 VH back to DelGrego's to have Lawrence tighten my fore end up. When I was discussing this with Lawrence, Lawrence stated that Parkers fore ends, unlike many other doubles, were designed to actually be the primary element that keeps the barrels tight to the face. Lawrence further stated that the only test to determine barrel to face tightness is to slip a piece of paper between the breech end and the block, close the gun and see if you can pull the paper out. If the paper can be pulled out, the barrels are not tight to face, if the paper can't be pulled out then the gun is tight. When I asked Lawrence about taking the fore end off and shaking the barrels, he said this is not the test for Parkers. Didn't mean to hi-jack this thread but George's post to Wayne reminded me of what Lawrence D. had said to me recently and I thought it important enough to post. There may be other opinions.
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