Midway video opening up a Parker makes it look easy, factory single barrel like a M12 or 870 it is. They are round inside and out machine made not filed down to finish. Indexing inside on the bore is a viable option. Besides mess it up new barrel is easy to obtain
Hand made double gun its not a simple job. Have seen way more Parkers messed up opening than done right. Thin at the muzzle out of round rough inside etc. plus you loose those nice long chokes Parker was known for. Other makers same thing.
Set up needs to be rock solid, true, and take metal off very slowly on a nice double, something few gunsmiths are set up to do, guessing not a half dozen in the U.S. That can do it right. One of the shotgun magazines had a photo of a English hone set up recently. Massive sliding bed on a lathe that could be dialed in perfect & compensate for the hand finished barrel
Better to buy a nice SXS choked like you want than alter my opinion. Not all will agree though.
Boats
Last edited by Boats; 09/08/15 08:06 PM.
