Barrel info for a 1894 16ga sxs

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Re: Barrel info for a 1894 16ga sxs

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The barrels of Remington Hammerless Doubles were all individually hand fit to their respective actions. There is a chance that a set from another gun can be made to fit, with liberal application of $ to a well qualified double gun smith. Over the years Remington used three different barrel lugs on their hammerless doubles --

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And also the top ribs could be either flat or concave (hollow) --

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Finally K-grade forearm loops are different than those used on graded guns, and there were at least three different ones used on the graded guns over time --

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