DRJ & Rhodes,

Thank you for the information regarding barrell contours.

It makes great sense to have more weight "between the hands" and this is certainly the way to do it.

My "lead in the butt" fix should only be considered fine tuning "after the fact" but the method you mentioned is far more preferable.

Yep the Brits, and other double rifle builders, certainly have the made to order gun business well thought out as they built so many of them.........and I would suspect had a lot of user feedback.