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For you guys who shoot double a lot. How may rounds before you start seeing signs of it becoming off face. I know that with good double shot guns 10's of thousand of rounds by the operate at much lower pressures. | ||
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If you don't shoot over pressure loads hopefully never. | |||
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Depends on the maker and design. Lots of variables here...double underlugs, third bite, crossbolt, Jones underlever, side clips, bolstered frame, fit of bites, original tolorances. If it wasn't perfect to begin with, it wears much faster. There are so many different combinations of features designed to keep a gun on face. The nice thing is there are people who can put them back on face, when you wear them out. Some of my guns are over 130 years old and still lock up like a bank vault. ND Stephen Grant 500BPE Joseph Harkom 450BPE | |||
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With a well made and designed rifle I'd imagine barrel life would be an issue before it went off face. I'm no expert, but that's my guess. Brett DRSS Life Member SCI Life Member NRA Life Member WSF Rhyme of the Sheep Hunter May fordings never be too deep, And alders not too thick; May rock slides never be too steep And ridges not too slick. And may your bullets shoot as swell As Fred Bear's arrow's flew; And may your nose work just as well As Jack O'Connor's too. May winds be never at your tail When stalking down the steep; May bears be never on your trail When packing out your sheep. May the hundred pounds upon you Not make you break or trip; And may the plane in which you flew Await you at the strip. -Seth Peterson | |||
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My rifle was made circa 1910. Still throwing 400 grain .408 bullets down range! Rusty We Band of Brothers! DRSS, NRA & SCI Life Member "I am rejoiced at my fate. Do not be uneasy about me, for I am with my friends." ----- David Crockett in his last letter (to his children), January 9th, 1836 "I will never forsake Texas and her cause. I am her son." ----- Jose Antonio Navarro, from Mexican Prison in 1841 "for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Arbroath April 6, 1320-“. . .It is not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.” | |||
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Has anyone shot enough "factory" loads through a double rifle to wear it out? The entry level Italian O/U shotguns seem to run about 40K rounds before they go off face. If I shoot a double rifle that much, I would think the cost of replacement barrels would be a non-issue for a field gun. Best Regards, Sid All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it. Alexis de Tocqueville The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money. Alexis de Tocqueville | |||
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Maintenance and lubrication have the most effect on the service life of a double. Dave | |||
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