This question is for the mechanical engineering types of the forum. I grew up shooting Krieghoff shotguns and never really thought twice about the lock up mechanism on these guns I guess because I never had one blow open on firing nor have I even heard of this happening. But it appears to me the only thing that keeps the action closed is the hood on top of the receiver which slides over a metal flange on either side of the barrel. This looks like an inherently weak mechanism as compared to say an English Double with its' 3 rd bite. Apparently, however, the Krieghoff action is anything but weak and rather quite strong. Any comments regarding this?
