mfg photoīreak action guns come in two types, of course, O/U and side by side (well, three types if you count single barrels, four if you count three-barreled drillings, but you get the idea). A Word on Double Guns (Side-by-Sides) A Savage Fox A Grade side-by-side shotgun. You may not travel in those rarified circles-I certainly don’t-but it’s nice to know that if I ever do get the invite from Ted Turner or Jerry Jones, I’ll have the right gun for it. In a few places-quail leases and plantations, mostly-pumps and semiatuos are frowned upon as they allow a skilled shot to take too many birds out of a covey-a smallbore O/U is the favored gun.
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There are a few hunt clubs and field trial events that don’t allow pumps and semiautos for safety reasons. You’re always properly dressed with an O/U. Bonus: Proper Etiquette Anywhere Over Unders will shoot any ammunition, including these Aguila Minishells, which won’t cycle in an autoloader and will jam many pumps without an adapter, like the OpSol MiniClip made for Mossberg 500 shotguns. In the upper echelon of shotguns, a truly fine O/U is simply a breathtaking piece of craftsmanship. While it’s true that many functions once done by hand-like checkering, engraving, and milling receivers-are now done by lasers and CNC machines, in many cases that checkering and engraving is cleaned up with hand tools afterward. I have toured a lot of gun factories, and seeing the skill that goes into a gun like a Browning Citori or the CSMC A-10 makes me want to own them more than I want a plastic-stocked semiauto that’s built by robots and barely touched by human hands, that is, until it’s time to put the pieces together and stick the gun in a box.Īlmost every O/U (the very modern Benelli 828U is one exception) requires hand fitting to mate the barrels to the receiver, and to regulate the barrels so both shoot to the same point of impact. If, like me, you are old-fashioned, you might appreciate owning a gun with some hand work put into it. Pride of Ownership This Holland & Holland Royal costs as much as a house and is an example of how craftsmen turn O/Us into art. Plus, the fact that there is no ejection port on one side of the gun or the other means that left- and right-handed shooters alike can shoot O/Us without modification or adjustment. The top-tang safety switch found on most O/Us, which is a sliding button located on the tang of the receiver (similar to the safeties on the BPS, and Mossberg shotguns), is inherently ambidextrous, as it can be used the same way by the thumb of either hand. Every once in a while, you may need to take the stock off to clean and lightly oil the locks of the gun, but the truth is, I have O/Us I’ve owned for years that have never had their stocks removed, simply because so little grime can get into the enclosed action.
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