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I had a Jaeger single shot rifle (Tip up) that was missing the forearm and had a friend that taught machining at the local high school using much more sophisticated equipment than you would expect. I also had another rifle, the same model as the one that was missing the forearm. My friend was able to photograph the good forearm and convert the photos to a program for the school's machining center he was able to machine a duplicate of the forearm iron, which my gunsmith friend was able to fit to the rifle together with a forearm latch I had and matching wood he had and built a new forearm. Using his magic, he matched the checkering and matched the border engraving on the rifle's action. It turned out well, but If I had to do it again (I can't, my machinist friend passed away) I would allow .005" extra to leave room for fitting (the example we used had been hand fit to the other rifle and was a little off center). If we had left a little extra material, the fit up would have been easier. This general procedure can work with the WC Scott, with the caveat that a forearm for a double would be much more complicated than the single shot rifle.
Mike

all good ideas and comments. I've thought of most of these and I'm trying to research UK contacts to see what I can come up with. I may try and find the seller to see what the back story is on the gun and if there is a chance of finding the missing piece. I'll post my progress as this goes forward.

If you actually post the model or pictures it would help you a lot .Scott used sever forend fasteners

If this is what your looking for i have one,(Guns International #1023700221). Mine is beat up enough that i will part it out or sell you the gun.
Accually, I only bought the gun to study the forend latch.

Correction, Guns International # 102370221

Sorry for the delay but I was away for the holiday's. I'll post a picture of the gun tomorrow. Let me check some of the possible sources and respond to some of the suggestions.

It's sounds like newton has what your looking for this is a difficult situation you are in bird in the hand is worth all the forend in the woods

It appears that Newtons post is a scam. I contacted the seller on Gunsinternational and that is not the gun listed.
The gun listed is in good condition and the price is firm. It is not a parts or study gun.
God, is everything on the internet a scam! I’ll post a few pics as soon as I figure out how to do it. Thanks to everyone who provided some information.

Hold up. I’m not sure Newton was saying that the GI gun was his…I took it as that the linked GI gun was similar to the gun he has. His gun is obviously clapped out and he’s been honest about that. He pm’d me about parting it out….seemed legit to me, albeit fairly complex logistically (to get to the gun).
If you contacted doublegun hq aka Russ Gould about the linked gun, your instincts are right. Run.

I tried to pm him he read my message but no reply I thought it might have been a misunderstanding not so sure now .