Thanks for posting, you might have saved someone else from going down that road.
Set-Trigger,
Years ago I visited and stayed with Gerald Kelver at his home in Brighton, Colorado. On one visit I saw a Ruger No.1 with a busted forend, barrel and receive sitting in the corner of his shop. I ask, he said he did not want to talk about it. I never did find out what happened but it was wrecked. He also had a nice Ballard that I noticed had no screw in the forearm, did not need one he had glass bedded the forearm to the barrel.
