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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."

Why on earth would one want to spend all that time and expend that many shells through an "inferior design" which presents such loading difficulties?

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At the risk of seeming obtuse, perhaps you could explain to me why O/U shotguns are preferred over S/S in competetive shooting, when handling qualities are especially important.

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Then you could explain to me why the handling qualities of a S/S rifle are superior to an O/U, when the relationship of shot barrel to rifle barrel is the same.

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I can understand a preference for S/S rifles based on the premise that O/U rifles are generally lighter and built for European style hunting, with perhaps less weight concentrated between the hands, which is a handling issue, but is not defined by barrel configuration.

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A simple ad hominum characterization of "inferior design" will not convince a discerning reader without further exposition.

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I'm not trying to convince you of anything as I think your mind is closed. Most people don't agree with you and have voted with their pocketbooks. Large bore O/U DRs are slow sellers and are rather cheap on the used market, as few want them.

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"Serious rifles have two barrels, everything else just burns gunpowder."

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