![]() ![]() The good O/U shotgun has crisp, light triggers built on a steel frame, not a cast aluminum or injection-molded plastic housing. ![]() They represent the apex of the gun maker's art. Plastic stocks, rough matte finishes and camo-dipped are still resisted, for the "Aristocrat of Shotguns." Double-barreled shotguns, whether O/U or SxS, still exude prestige, quality and pride of ownership. In addition, the gun must balance perfectly for its intended purpose and the two barrels must be regulated to shoot to the same place, which is not easily accomplished. All of this requires more elaborate design, machining and fitting. As it turned out, John Browning was right, for break-open shotguns are usually the last sporting arms banned by most of the world's governments.Ī good O/U shotgun isn't cheap to produce, for there are two barrels, two trigger sears, a selector mechanism (or two triggers), two extractors, two (usually selective) ejectors, and so forth. ![]() Browning envisioned it as one of the last firearms governments would try to ban from ownership by their people. When John Browning worked on his Superposed O/U shotgun, which was finished posthumously, Mr. ![]()
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