Originally Posted By: AmarilloMike
This is a partial copy of a post made by Wonko over on the "Rip Off" thread. Rather than help beat that dead horse some more I started a new thread.

Originally Posted By: Wonko the Sane

And, JIC you may not have noticed, that moronic usage of "water table" still is used by people who contend to know better. The proper term is

ACTION FLATS


Wonko can you give a reference that gives as fact the phrase "action flat" is the correct description and that "watertable" is wrong.

While Morris Hallowell isn't known as an authority (I always found him knowledgeable) I did copy this from his website's extensive definition section:

"Watertable - The top of the bar of the action, the flat projection on the front of the receiver of a side-by-side gun, perpendicular to the standing breech. The cocking arms, hingepin and locking bolts are typically mounted inside the bar, below the watertable. The Table, or the Action Flat."

http://www.hallowellco.com/abbrevia.htm

I have always used water table and action flat interchangeably, favoring watertable.

Wonko nothing personal. Just hope to have a mildly interesting discussion of double gun definitions.

Best,

Mike


Needlessly describing use of the term "water table" as "moronic" already made it kind of personal ... as usual.

Jay