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Hahaha ,like I said I squaded with Tom Knapp twice at shooting events,benelli sponsored Tom,he traveled with his gun vault in his truck he had several benelli shotguns do you really believe he only used one shotgun? and had a gunsmith that traveled with him great guy marine vet and his favorite .22 rifle including Remington 870's for different applications using a pump. Do you have experience in the trap game? Or just spewing bullshit? Our breech shogun block wear from constant opening and closing fyi when the block wears the top level which is always off center becomes center eventually the breech will not lock,goodluck educate youself youngster,further our specialized breech shotguns are European, could be the gauge streel used to build these shotgun unlike Japanese browning and such what you think you know is incorrect but party on.
I hunted with Tom and was at some Exhibition. He didn't have a vault in his pickup. He had a platform in the bed of the pickup with drawers under it too store his firearms. I seen all his guns and never once seen a 870.
You don't have to be a shooter to understand that a break open shotgun is going to wear out the pivot pin when being opened. But being a registered shooter you would know these things. And I never once seen a gunsmith with Tom. But being a registered shooter you would know them all.
Party on dude.
 
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Hahaha ,like I said I squaded with Tom Knapp twice at shooting events,benelli sponsored Tom,he traveled with his gun vault in his truck he had several benelli shotguns do you really believe he only used one shotgun? and had a gunsmith that traveled with him great guy marine vet and his favorite .22 rifle including Remington 870's for different applications using a pump. Do you have experience in the trap game? Or just spewing bullshit? Our breech shogun block wear from constant opening and closing fyi when the block wears the top level which is always off center becomes center eventually the breech will not lock,goodluck educate youself youngster,further our specialized breech shotguns are European, could be the gauge streel used to build these shotgun unlike Japanese browning and such what you think you know is incorrect but party on. Sadly Tom told me his illness kept him from forfilling his contract with benelli so benelli U.S.A. shut down his show and sponsorship, he was a heavy smoker and lung cancer took his life,man the stories he had. He had a redneck side kick towards the end Tim something? Thought he would carry on the tradition but disappeared.


38min. May be worth your time. "Gun Stories" on Outdoor Channel has a 2min version. It's not on YT:



Unwatchable Ron Spomer (missing a trigger--fake sidelocks :():

 
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Yup I remember this youngster when I shot north and south dakota big registerd shoots,can't remember the kids name but as good as he was he eventually got interested in girls lol... his first name was Jessie his dad was a great supporter,kid shot a perazzi combo,big money smoke pole.
Nope his name was Cody he shot a Lujutic for 16y and Handicap and a Browing Citori for Double Trap I heard he may of gotten a Kreighoff now. On high end guns never seen a hinge pin break, springs need replacing mostly just for maintenance after 50 thousand rounds which happens a lot when running the trap circuit
 

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Nope his name was Cody he shot a Lujutic for 16y and Handicap and a Browing Citori for Double Trap I heard he may of gotten a Kreighoff now. On high end guns never seen a hinge pin break, springs need replacing mostly just for maintenance after 50 thousand rounds which happens a lot when running the trap circuit
Different young man,Jessie moltre is who I remember junior AA shooter,oh to be young again,hand eye coordination, reflexes.
 
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You know, I've been wondering about that photo and patch. Given that there's only 1/2 of you in the pic, did you actually shoot a 25? Or, are you doing the cryptic Svnmag thing and expecting us to realize that the half-pic means you shot a 12.5?
 


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semi autos can't hold up like our breech shotgun 's,only part that eventually wears out is the breech block from opening and closing after each target when worn the breech won't lock when closing easily repaired semi autos not so much
WTF are you talking about regarding "breech-block"? Were you shooting a converted Trapdoor Springfield or Zulu Snider?

Break action shotguns don't have a "Breech Block". They have a breech face, locking lug near the bottom either screwed or soldered to the bbl set or machined into the bbl block, recesses/trunnions (on the sides between the bbls on a Beretta), and a locking lug, cross-pin usually near the top, or top-lock.

Most non-idjuts would go to an oversized locking lug rather than hammer on the locking-lug recesses. In the case of some of the target specific O/U's, they'd replace the lug abutment trunnions (Beretta 682 et. al) and possibly add an oversized or replace w/new OEM locking lug. Or in the case of Krieghoff, Rem 3200, Valmet/Tikka/Savage the top-lock.

Some of the AL framed O/U's have a steel insert press-fit into a dovetail on the breech face but typically that's on field guns that won't see the number of rounds which would require replacement of the steel face.

I suppose a hinge-pin could wear if one were lazy w/the grease, that still ain't a "Breech Block".

Regarding a Semii-Auto. No thing at all to replace the locking lug on the bolt, or the whole bolt, and/or the bbl if the locking-lug's mating surface is no longer viable. It's about a 10Min job to replace a bolt-buffer @ the back of the receiver. Action bars are about a 30Sec fix. Recoil return springs/housings anywhere from 30-sec to 30Min depending on if you have to remove the butt-stock or just the forearm and action bar to replace. Gas pistons are a 30-sec swap, trigger groups, <2-min. If you're trying to be "thrifty" and just replace the hammer and springs in a trigger group it might take 45min-1hr to dis-assemble/re-assemble. A semi-auto is every bit as "rebuildable" as any fixed-breech break action shotgun.
 

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