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The tailfin analogy said it all for me, and gave me the day's chuckle.
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Sideclips seem to me to be too much trouble to fashion and fit if they serve no real function. On rifles that operate at much higher pressure than shotguns, they would seem to brace the joint of barrels and receiver against the tendency to wear from side to side. They are much closer to the point where force is generated than the barrel lumps are. My guess, and it's only a guess, is that on really good guns they have a function, and on poor ones they're just tailfins.
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the lateral forces or , the rotatational forces......or torque.....a twisting-like motion that a shotgun demonstrates upon detonation Buzz, What do you mean by the phrase above? How does a shotgun exhibit "rotational forces" or a "twisting-like" motion upon detonation? A rifle, perhaps. But I simply cannot think how the straight - line recoil of a shotgun exhibits anything resembling a twisting action??? Of course, I am not an engineer or anything of that technical sort. I will be eagerly awaiting this explanation. Thanks.
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Side clips add strength....if not the English would never wasted their time putting them on a SxS.
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PMk: I believe it has to do with barrel flip which is more pronounced on a SxS than an O/U. A sort of oscillating like movement. Thus placing strain on the action. At least this is how I think of it, but I am no engineer either.
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Side clips add strength....if not the English would never wasted their time putting them on a SxS. 
Last edited by Ken Nelson; 08/13/13 04:50 PM.
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I agree with old colonel completely, except with regard to rebarreling.When new tubes are installed,the breach end of the old barrels are used,to which the sideclips are already fit. Complete new barrels would require additional fitting, however.
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So....the barrels would be less strong because of the removal of metal required for the side clips.......???? I'm fishing just like Joe 
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You guys have me thinking. I think I will specify side clips on my Fox project gun. My gunsmiths already think I'm nuts so why not.
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Side clips add strength....if not the English would never wasted their time putting them on a SxS. Exactly, in the old days they did, with modern steels they are for aesthetics and I love them, have never had a double rifle or shotgun without them but beauty is in the eye of the beholder. What I donīt understand is how you chaps have cut yourselves with them ?? That has never happened to me in 30 years. How do you open them ? best, Mike
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