Ridgerunner665
Handloader
- Oct 28, 2008
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Curious question...
Quality over/under or semi auto....shoot them, with 2 oz. loads of #5 shot at 1175 fps (the hardest kicking 3" Remington makes) till one breaks something or wears to the point of needing repair.
Which one would last the longest?
I know O/U's routinely live for 200,000 - 300,000 rounds of target loads with just routine tune ups, even some of the more petite designs...
But Browning has the Cynergy in a 3.5" 12 gauge O/U...a vicious kicking SOB if I ever saw one (up around 70 ft. lbs.)...my Winchester 101 calculates to 62 ft. lbs. with the above mentioned Remington 3" load...I've shot 5 of those, they are the worst kicking rounds I've ever fired in anything.
I just got to wondering how an O/U would stand up to them over time...I do believe the O/U would likely outlast the semi auto (no moving parts, the only wear point is the lockup)...but thats just a hypothesis.
Quality over/under or semi auto....shoot them, with 2 oz. loads of #5 shot at 1175 fps (the hardest kicking 3" Remington makes) till one breaks something or wears to the point of needing repair.
Which one would last the longest?
I know O/U's routinely live for 200,000 - 300,000 rounds of target loads with just routine tune ups, even some of the more petite designs...
But Browning has the Cynergy in a 3.5" 12 gauge O/U...a vicious kicking SOB if I ever saw one (up around 70 ft. lbs.)...my Winchester 101 calculates to 62 ft. lbs. with the above mentioned Remington 3" load...I've shot 5 of those, they are the worst kicking rounds I've ever fired in anything.
I just got to wondering how an O/U would stand up to them over time...I do believe the O/U would likely outlast the semi auto (no moving parts, the only wear point is the lockup)...but thats just a hypothesis.