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Need FE iron for a 12 ga. with roller joint check. Any leads appreciated. Mark

contact Jerry Andrews at 304 843-1740 He has ton of parts for elsies

There must be a black hole someplace where old forends go. I keep running into (and sometimes buying) old shotguns missing forends. I've bought several forend and irons but none of them work close enough to fit the guns that I have missing them.

MarkII,

Ejector or extractor? Regulat frame or featherweight?

I know i have a forend here, but need to know those specifics to confirm if the one i have will work for you.

Extractor, regular frame. 12 ga. rotary joint check.

I believe all the rotary joint check style frames were the R or full size, and the FW frames came in after the May 1901 Lewis Patent ejectors-- A friend has a 12 Pigeon Grade made in 1909 (Cody letter) and it has the featherweight frame- smaller barrel lug, and the two additional set screws on the "tongues" of the lockplates.

If you have both a 12 rotary joint check receiver, and a later (up to 1913) std. push rod extractor receiver, both R size- do me a favor and check the dims in the milled out slot in the bottom, where the barrel lug fits- I believe the rotary joint slot will be about 3/32" longer, and about 3/64" wider- which may answer the so-far unasked question here- can I fit a set of extractor Field grade 12 barrels into a receiver 00 grade with the rotary joint design>? My experience tells me- No.

I can also endorse Jerry Andrews- he is a good source for L.C. Smith parts, and is one of the few gunsmiths who can cure problems with a HOT--RWTF

I don't have the joint check barrels with me. I have seen later Field grade barrels on a joint check frame, and the gap between barrels and frame was probably at least 1/32 or more.