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Perhaps another "gremlin" in the works with Browning, like the "salt wood" scenario in past years. Can't tell you why, but even in his "Shotgunner's Notebook" where he discusses the pros and cons of each version of the double barreled shotgun- Every o/u i have ever held and mounted felt like a 2x4 on edge- but I have never handled a Boss or a Woodward- most likely never will-
All my side-by-sides ( 5 L.C. Smiths, 1 M21 and 1 Fox Sterly have splinter forearms- and although I also shoot M12's, the 'single sighting plane theory doesn't apply to my field shooting. RWTF
"The field is the touchstone of the man"..
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Sidelock
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Every o/u i have ever held and mounted felt like a 2x4 on edge- Fox.....I'd say you've had a very limited exposure to OU's....
Dodging lions and wasting time.....
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Check out the last page (14) of the Superposed Owner's Manual; No. 8 regarding chamber cleaning https://www.browning.com/content/dam/browning/support/owners-manuals/superposedmanual.pdf Some Browning patent Fabrique-Nationale-Herstal very early versions of the A5 shipped to the U.S. between 1903 and 1909 are marked Cockerill Steel. “Special Steel” began to appear on A5 barrels in the mid-1930s; the Sweet Sixteen, introduced in 1937, barrels were so marked. The Superposed, introduced in 1928 had “Special Steel” starting about 1948. I have no information as to the composition of "Special Steel", but it was likely non-alloy AISI 1040.
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Fox, it wouldn't have to be a Boss or Woodward to feel right. I bought new a SKB Model 500 50 years years ago and later a Beretta 686. In 20 and 12, I use them from grouse to geese as pleasurably as my American double classics.
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You, Sir, have the correct windage on that. Probably because I'm not a serious clays shooter or competitor-- I also am a big fan of the late Gene Hill- and he shot Trap with M21's, and also Rem 32"s and then Kreighoff O/U's-- I'm too old to switch from my M12's and older side-by-sides, I'd have to sell some of them to afford even a used but in vg condition O/U, and that ain't gonna happen- RWTF
"The field is the touchstone of the man"..
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