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Well. When it comes right down to it I didn't really want the gun. I went to the gun show looking for a Model 21 and I just did not want to settle for second best. And I surely did not want a gun that in the end, I couldn't shoot. If it would have had a nice rib, I still don't know if I would have bought it or not. But I did enjoy the show and there were lots of great guns there. Some of you would have liked the perfect Model 21 in a 28 gauge. It was really sharp. But the price was $17,000. So I had to pass on that too. Haha!! Well thanks for your replies. I really appreciated them. Take care.

Those English Perazzi things are quite different. Reverse taper not swamped.

The feature I like best on my Beretta 626 Onyx is the high rib. It's a shame they couldn't keep making a fine gun that was reasonably priced.

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I shoot a variety of ribs styles, concaved, raised, raised tapered, and sunken on a couple French shotguns and I never think about them and they all shoot.well. I did see a sxs with a short rib near the breach and just enough at the muzzle to mount a bead and connect the barrels, I would have liked to shoot it. I will say the tapered rib makes the barrels seem longer than their 25" length when looking down them.

When I shoot at a clay Target, I don't aim or look at the rib. I am focusing on the target. But I still see the rib in my peripheral vision. And I know shooting a gun with no rib would just not work for me at all. And as I said I went there to buy a specific Model 21, but after thinking about it I thought I would wait until later to get one. So I didn't want to end up purchasing something that I would end up not liking.

The Perazzis shown in the English shop ads seem to follow the Boss prototype pretty close. We are talking about the OU Boss, cannot see how an OU could have had a swamped rib. I am talking about the OU with the short rib section over the chamber and another short section at the muzzle, no rib in between.

guess not...

I guess I am different from most side by side shooters. I don't care that much for case coloring- I like a blued gun. And I like a gun with a rib. These guns with no ribs or swamped ribs are just not my thing. That's why I always like to Winchester Model 21. That's my type of side by side.

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