2holer, besides Ithaca there are also many Foxes about with tubes that don't touch at the muzzle and with barrel lengths that are documented by factory records as original.
I am of the opinion that Lefever made many shotguns with non-touching tubes but I can't prove it because there are no factory records.
In my experience original length Parker tubes always make contact.
But there were other arguments besides tube non-contact made for the barrels being cut on this gun, including lack of keels and that the rib was high relative to the tops of the barrels. And the cross hatching on the solder is not known to be a Remington practice.
I have seen barrels chambered for 12 gauge with bore diameters down to 0.711
Last edited by AmarilloMike; 07/26/13 12:55 PM.
