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Why exactly do the gun trade refer to the type of gun we are describing as being 'snap actions'?
The answer is that they are designed to be 'snapped' shut and they close the bolt home (by means of aspring)as part of the movement involved in closing the gun.
I'm amazed that this thread has run to five pages but accept my part in that with yet another posting on the subject.
Most odd.
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Makes you wonder doesn't it.
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One last & final time Jimmy W, "Not One Single Person Posting Here has Recommended ""Slamming"" a Gun Shut". You seem to be totally unable or "Unwilling" to distinguise between slamming & letting a snap action work as the makers intended.
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I Didn't Say Everything I Said, Yogi Berra
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Rabbit is on to something but doesn't have it quite right. Just take up a collection so that Jimmy can get all of his snap actions converted to inert actions. All that needs to be done is remove the top lever springs, and he'll be happy.
None of the gunsmiths or reps at Beretta, Browning, Perazzi, or Krieghoff told him to do it that way. None of them are that stupid.
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Jimmy - The weight of expert opinion and manufacturers' advice in their manuals is heavily against you. Not that Dez Young qualifies as expert, but how do you take an isolated example of him holding the toplever to outweigh the myriad times he snaps his gun closed? Jay
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Wow 5 pages on how to close a shotgun... I did not know it was so scientific....
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Snap it closed, If it's a decent gun, you won't wear it out, you son won't wear it out, your grandson won't wear it out, Your great grandson won't be allowed to own guns, so it won't matter if it's off face.MDC
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I think it's great that this has gone to 5 pages! This is like being on a commitee!
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I agree...Some people posting need to be commited
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Hey, did they tell Nash Buckingham how to close his gun? No, they said Close it any way that pleases you, Nash, slam it, jam it, crack walnuts with it if you wish. We've chewed this cabbage three or four times in two months. LET IT GO.
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