Joe old chap . . . the title of this thread, and the confusion related thereto, has nothing at all to do with barrels, but rather with the action of the gun. Piper was the one who brought forward the issue of monoblocking vs sleeving.
Piper, there's a difference between confusing water table and action flats--two terms that refer to the same part of the shotgun--vs monoblocking and sleeving. The latter terms refer to two different (although similar in some respects) operations. I know that you know the difference, just as I do. But no one IN THIS THREAD was confusing the two. Not everyone who comes here reads every thread, nor is everyone who comes here the expert that you are. Therefore, I chose to make the very simple and clear distinction between the two that you found in my post--but which you did not make in yours. You did a nice job of defining sleeving, but you didn't point out why it's not synonymous with monoblocking. I did. Clearer for the less initiated, wouldn't you agree? And might keep folks from confusing the two in the future, wouldn't you agree? Writers sometimes see the necessity of making points like that . . . because we don't start by assuming that everyone knows everything.
Last edited by L. Brown; 10/24/11 07:42 AM.
