AssembledInUSA
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Hi All,
I'm a new member to the forums (been lurking as a guest for a while now), so please be gentle with me, especially if this is posted in the wrong place.
I've been shooting handguns for several years, and have a soft spot for a well made wheelgun. I'm new, however, to the shotgun world. My buddy is getting me into sporting clays and I'm absolutely loving it. I'll need an upgrade from my 870, but that's for another post.
My question is this...
I was reading up on break-action revolvers of old, and why they're no longer used for almost anything but reproductions. The consensus is that the latch mechanisms are weak, sloppy, and prone to failure if used with higher pressure (aka modern) ammunition. That makes sense to me, but why then, are high-end over/under shotguns that cost more than my first car using a similar break-action configuration? How is the latching mechanism eliminated as a design vulnerability on shotguns when it no longer suffices on revolvers? Is the mechanism fundamentally different? Are shotgun shells operating at acceptably lower pressures? Are the latches still a weak point, but nobody has come up with a better idea? I'm sure there are many well informed opinions on this matter out there, and I'd be delighted to hear your thoughts.
I'm a new member to the forums (been lurking as a guest for a while now), so please be gentle with me, especially if this is posted in the wrong place.
I've been shooting handguns for several years, and have a soft spot for a well made wheelgun. I'm new, however, to the shotgun world. My buddy is getting me into sporting clays and I'm absolutely loving it. I'll need an upgrade from my 870, but that's for another post.
My question is this...
I was reading up on break-action revolvers of old, and why they're no longer used for almost anything but reproductions. The consensus is that the latch mechanisms are weak, sloppy, and prone to failure if used with higher pressure (aka modern) ammunition. That makes sense to me, but why then, are high-end over/under shotguns that cost more than my first car using a similar break-action configuration? How is the latching mechanism eliminated as a design vulnerability on shotguns when it no longer suffices on revolvers? Is the mechanism fundamentally different? Are shotgun shells operating at acceptably lower pressures? Are the latches still a weak point, but nobody has come up with a better idea? I'm sure there are many well informed opinions on this matter out there, and I'd be delighted to hear your thoughts.