Many fine guns have barrels made of chopper lump, dove tail or demiblock construction. For example, many English guns such as Purdey are of chopper lump. Some American guns such as Winchester 21 are similar to chopper lump, but use a dove tail method. Browning superposed are of demiblock construction. These methods are all very similar and differ from monoblock construction in that with monoblock there is a weld point just anterior to the chamber where barrels are joined to the monoblock. Examples of this sort of construction are many such as beretta, browning citori and Perazzi just to name a few. Certainly, no one would argue that monoblock is a much cheaper method than the others. Sometimes however, cheaper methods can be better. Which methods do you consider better in terms of strength and safety?
