doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com Why don't we like O/U shotgusn?

I don't care for them myself, because they look fugly to me and don't feel right in the hand. No doubt they're better for clays and possibly in the field, but I still refuse to buy one even though I've come upon a couple of great deals.

Can anyone say truthfully they can shoot a double better than a O/U? I don't know that I can't, because it's been 44 years or so since I shot one. But the pros shoot them exclusively.

I've never seen a beautiful O/U although i'm sure they exist. So what's wrong with my taste?

Check out Woodward, Boss or Fabbri over and unders. You might change your mind!

God set our eyes horizontal; not verticle. I own a couple, but can't the get hang of shooting it turned sideways.

I'd have to agree with Buzz there Gene, at least on the first two he mentioned
I didn't start shotguns much till I moved over here from Somerset , England, 25 years ago.
But my memories were of farmers shooting sxs s, with the lovely waxed paper cases, they looked like jewels to my young eye!
I lived in Co Clare , Ireland for a few years before here, n shot rabbits with my mates sxs, the few guhs I saw there were sxss, the odd autoloader\.
Started shooting over here with the standard beretta 686 o/u.
But remembered my roots, n have done the small bit of shooting I do with an older sxs since then.
I guess I find an older sxs just,,just beautiful is the word, I guess,...and with hammers n jones U/L (not o/u ), even more so
franc

ALL shotguns can be beautiful
You do not have to dislike one just because you like one.
Mike

I find the smallbore side by sides to be beautiful! Much better looking than over/unders and i can shoot better with side by sides. Bobby

All us old boots luv our SXS but surprise, surprise--a stackbarrel IS a double-barreled gun. There are members who'd like to "grandfather" the Remmy17/Ithaca 37 into the DoubleGunShop "Pantheon" despite a pronounced lack of adequate barrelage, so you'd think there'd be a few tolerant fellers not given to looking askance thru their pince-nez at a perfectly adequate doublegun with a full complement of barrels (2). As for complementing my entirely respectable if somewhat quotidien shooting ability, I find a Winny model 12 superior to either. Despite this lapsarian peculiarity, I am at least not trying to sell one here.

jack

Even the Brits are giving into the OUs these days - they are widely used now for driven shooting. While I will always have a weak spot for sxs, the most impressive gun I have ever handled was a Hartmann & Weiss 28 ga OU with 30" barrels - anyone inclined to question the aesthetic qualities of OUs needs to handle one of those first.

I can't say I mind looking at some over/unders, I just don't like shooting them for some reason. I never got one to fit me quite like a SXS. I had a few o/u's but got rid of them. But I also have 4 model 12's and don't care for them either.

I shoot a 20ga o/u better than any other shotgun. I'm not as keen on the looks of a 12ga o/u nor do I shoot one as well as the little 20.