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Re: Whats this double like ?
      16/12/07 08:28 AM

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I wonder how many people with strong feelings against O/U double rifles have actually hunted with one.




After having tried them, why would someone wish to actually hunt with an inferior design?

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It has been noted that Europeans and Americans prefer O/U shotguns and the British prefer S/S. The only S/S shotguns I have ever seen on a trap/skeet field belonged to shooters trying to tune up for the hunting season, not serious competiters. I venture to say that a S/S has not been seen on an Olympic skeet field in 40 years, and in my humble opinion Olympic (International) Skeet is the best gun handling practice there is, followed by Sporting Clays, another sport dominated by the O/U shotgun.




Why is it that so many seem to have so much trouble understanding the difference between a shotgun and a rifle?

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Then there is the question of gape, and the idea that O/Us must be opened wider than S/Ss to reload them, which is quite accurate. However, this is not a problem that a few hours of practice on the skeet or trap field cannot overcome.




I have many, many days and tens of thousands of rounds through O/U shotguns on the skeet, clays, and hunting fields, and can tell you that the above statement simply isn't true. Since your double rifles have been O/Us, I'm not surprised that you're not aware of it.

The real issue raised by Mike's post isn't the S/S or O/U debate anyway. The issue is mating a S/S double trigger .375 with an O/U single trigger .470. It isn't a very good idea.

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* Whats this double like ? Mike_Bailey 07/12/07 07:31 PM
. * * Re: Whats this double like ? 500Nitro   07/12/07 09:21 PM
. * * Re: Whats this double like ? DUGABOY1   15/12/07 03:34 PM
. * * Re: Whats this double like ? peter   08/12/07 07:11 AM
. * * Re: Whats this double like ? Mike_Bailey   08/12/07 08:32 PM
. * * Re: Whats this double like ? mehulkamdar   15/12/07 03:46 PM
. * * Re: Whats this double like ? Mike_Bailey   15/12/07 10:46 PM
. * * Re: Whats this double like ? 400NitroExpress   16/12/07 05:46 AM
. * * Re: Whats this double like ? xausa   16/12/07 07:11 AM
. * * Re: Whats this double like ? 4seventy   16/12/07 10:07 PM
. * * Re: Whats this double like ? Mike_Bailey   17/12/07 12:53 AM
. * * Re: Whats this double like ? CptCurlAdministrator   17/12/07 04:29 AM
. * * Re: Whats this double like ? xausa   17/12/07 05:23 AM
. * * Re: Whats this double like ? Mike_Bailey   17/12/07 07:01 PM
. * * Re: Whats this double like ? smicha6551   18/12/07 06:36 PM
. * * Re: Whats this double like ? Mike_Bailey   18/12/07 07:11 PM
. * * Re: Whats this double like ? JabaliHunter   19/12/07 12:12 AM
. * * Re: Whats this double like ? Marrakai   20/12/07 11:34 PM
. * * Re: Whats this double like ? CptCurlAdministrator   21/12/07 01:30 AM
. * * Re: Whats this double like ? CptCurlAdministrator   17/12/07 12:39 PM
. * * Re: Whats this double like ? Anonymous   17/12/07 05:09 AM
. * * Re: Whats this double like ? 400NitroExpress   16/12/07 08:28 AM
. * * Re: Whats this double like ? xausa   16/12/07 10:27 AM
. * * Re: Whats this double like ? 400NitroExpress   16/12/07 11:49 AM
. * * Re: Whats this double like ? xausa   16/12/07 02:22 PM
. * * Re: Whats this double like ? zimhunter   16/12/07 01:15 PM
. * * Re: Whats this double like ? NE450No2   16/12/07 10:42 AM
. * * Re: Whats this double like ? Mike_Bailey   16/12/07 09:17 AM
. * * Re: Whats this double like ? ArnoldB   16/12/07 09:56 AM
. * * Re: Whats this double like ? 400NitroExpress   16/12/07 10:35 AM
. * * Re: Whats this double like ? zimhunter   16/12/07 10:17 AM
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. * * Re: Whats this double like ? 400NitroExpress   16/12/07 08:09 AM
. * * Re: Whats this double like ? DUGABOY1   15/12/07 03:38 PM
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