Several times a year I visit a shop with many vintage SxS guns. He has several hundred Parkers Smiths Fox and others on the "American" side of the shop at any time . Go down the line and look at muzzles you can spot the poor opened and cut guns easily. Muzzles not concentric with the bore mostly, lot with scoring from the reamer. Guessing a third or more have been butchered . It could be the untouched guns sold and what's left there because of the troubles, in any case lot guns ruined when opened .
Not a gunsmith or machinist i have a lathe and know a little bit about machine work. Take a gun that's been hand filed and regulated & try to bore it open is not a easy job. Doubt if half a dozen gunsmith in the country are set up to do it right. Want to see how to ruin a Parker look at Larry Porterfields Video on U Tube. Hand tool not properly indexed.
If it does not suit your style sell off and buy one that does always the best thing to do.
William
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