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CptCurl
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Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR
29/03/12 01:09 AM

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About the forend becoming loose, this rarely happens since the majority of the rearward force is against the Receiver NOT the forend latch.

It seems to me you don't understand the nature of the forces at play. With the beavertail forend, the hand grasps only wood, that is to say, only the forend and not the barrels. When the rifle recoils, the forend meets resistance from the forward hand. The effect is the same as if the forward hand shoves the forend forward. Thus the unwanted stress to the latch and other forend parts is a forward force working on the rear of the latch and its lug. It is not a rearward force at all.

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CPTCURL'S problem with his Silver Hawk forend was mainly due to the fact that this was not one of Beretta's better made guns...as a gunsmith this I know.

From my personal observation this explanation doesn't carry the day.

Westley375, you seem adamant in favor of a beavertail. That suits me fine. I have good friends who fawn over Parker shotguns with forends as big as a saw log. In their eyes it's beautiful. In my eye it's butt ugly. The question is answered 90% by personal preference, and on that we are absolutely entitled to satisfy ourselves.

Curl

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Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	Westley375	27/03/12 12:09 PM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	DUGABOY1	08/05/12 06:02 AM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	Birdhunter50	30/03/12 10:09 AM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	DarylS	30/03/12 01:50 PM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	Proffitt	04/04/12 07:52 AM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	DarylS	05/04/12 02:26 AM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	zimhunter	29/03/12 01:40 PM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	tinker	29/03/12 02:00 PM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	NitroX	29/03/12 09:46 PM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	mauserand9mm	29/03/12 02:24 PM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	ruffcountry	29/03/12 03:53 PM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	underlever	29/03/12 04:17 PM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	mauserand9mm	29/03/12 06:09 PM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	kamilaroi	29/03/12 08:26 PM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	doubleriflejack	28/03/12 04:58 AM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	CptCurl	28/03/12 05:03 AM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	Ben	28/03/12 07:32 AM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	HogPilot	28/03/12 10:32 AM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	Westley375	28/03/12 02:41 PM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	RLI	28/03/12 03:56 PM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	tinker	28/03/12 04:24 PM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	HogPilot	29/03/12 11:25 AM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	Westley375	29/03/12 11:39 AM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	CptCurl	29/03/12 12:45 PM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	Westley375	29/03/12 01:30 PM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	ozhunter	28/03/12 08:53 PM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	Rigby350	28/03/12 09:48 PM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	CptCurl	29/03/12 01:09 AM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	Westley375	29/03/12 11:11 AM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	MaxGera	29/03/12 11:23 AM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	Mike_Bailey	28/03/12 07:02 PM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	mauserand9mm	28/03/12 02:26 PM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	gatsby	28/03/12 04:32 AM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	xausa	28/03/12 03:08 AM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	CptCurl	27/03/12 12:38 PM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	NitroX	27/03/12 02:37 PM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	Mike_Bailey	27/03/12 05:37 PM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	HogPilot	27/03/12 06:13 PM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	gryphon	27/03/12 07:52 PM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	CptCurl	27/03/12 08:57 PM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	bonanza	28/03/12 01:55 AM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	HogPilot	28/03/12 03:17 AM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	Westley375	28/03/12 04:12 AM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	Huvius	28/03/12 04:38 AM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	tinker	28/03/12 02:39 AM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	Cazadero	27/03/12 01:50 PM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	tinker	27/03/12 01:54 PM
Re: Opinions wanted....Beavertail or Splinter on a DR	mauserand9mm	27/03/12 02:19 PM

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