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

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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.

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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.

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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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