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470Rigby
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Re: Why is the O/U inferior for DG
29/07/04 11:20 PM

Theoretically, an U/O double rifle should be easier to regulate since the vagaries of muzzle flip do not come into play - but so few U/O's have been made by Gunmakers that cared to spend the time to regulate them properly that it's hard to know whether this is true in practice.

Witness the Winchester 101 U/O's that were "jig regulated" - NONE of them shot and probably put most shooters that owned them off the concept for life!

Vic Pedersen, the Darwin gunsmith had a small sideline going in re-reguating them - when he finished with them they usually shot brilliantly.

Cost has got to be an issue - any Gunmaker making both configurations will alway list a "stackbarrel" at a premium over it's vertically challenged siblings.

Leaving aside the issues of gape and cost it really comes down to personal preference as it does for shotguns.

For example, a shooter that is seeing large slabs of barrel on an U/O with his left eye, could well have an eye dominance problem?

Comforting to know though that the U/O double rifle is held in such low regard, that if/when I come across my personal "grail"; a Boss O/U double rifle, preferably in .470NE, none of you blokes will want it!

P.S. For those that missed it - the Boss is the only true O/U - all the other "superposed" jobs are U/O's, since Boss held that only their action was strong enough to set them to shoot top barrel first!

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Why is the O/U inferior for DG	4seventy	27/07/04 06:11 AM
Re: Why is the O/U inferior for DG	Daydreamer	05/08/04 10:28 PM
Re: Why is the O/U inferior for DG	Daydreamer	05/08/04 01:34 AM
Re: Why is the O/U inferior for DG	8x56mn	05/08/04 01:57 AM
Re: Why is the O/U inferior for DG	4seventy	05/08/04 07:54 AM
Re: Why is the O/U inferior for DG	jgttechjunkie	29/07/04 12:21 AM
Re: Why is the O/U inferior for DG	mehulkamdar	03/08/04 07:39 AM
Re: Why is the O/U inferior for DG	jgttechjunkie	03/08/04 12:10 PM
Re: Why is the O/U inferior for DG	bonanza	29/07/04 05:24 AM
Re: Why is the O/U inferior for DG	kos	29/07/04 06:55 AM
Re: Why is the O/U inferior for DG	unspellable	27/07/04 10:10 PM
Re: Why is the O/U inferior for DG	Spring	27/07/04 08:36 AM
Re: Why is the O/U inferior for DG	4seventy	27/07/04 12:32 PM
Re: Why is the O/U inferior for DG	Marrakai	27/07/04 10:35 PM
Re: Why is the O/U inferior for DG	atkinson6	28/07/04 05:55 AM
Re: Why is the O/U inferior for DG	NE450No2	28/07/04 10:11 AM
Re: Why is the O/U inferior for DG	4seventy	29/07/04 08:09 AM
Re: Why is the O/U inferior for DG	4seventy	29/07/04 08:15 AM
Re: Why is the O/U inferior for DG	4seventy	30/07/04 08:52 PM
Re: Why is the O/U inferior for DG	DUGABOY1	31/07/04 05:28 AM
Re: Why is the O/U inferior for DG	4seventy	31/07/04 07:18 AM
Re: Why is the O/U inferior for DG	mickey	31/07/04 10:08 AM
Re: Why is the O/U inferior for DG	4seventy	31/07/04 10:58 AM
Re: Why is the O/U inferior for DG	mickey	31/07/04 12:04 PM
Re: Why is the O/U inferior for DG	4seventy	31/07/04 05:11 PM
Re: Why is the O/U inferior for DG	mickey	01/08/04 12:11 AM
Re: Why is the O/U inferior for DG	ALAN_MCKENZIE	30/07/04 10:08 PM
Re: Why is the O/U inferior for DG	atkinson6	31/07/04 05:22 AM
Re: Why is the O/U inferior for DG	470Rigby	29/07/04 11:20 PM

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