Yildiz O/U 20 guage

Wahoo95 said:
Fortunately that folding latch shouldnt be lined up down the center. Nice guns for the money.

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Why shouldn’t it be? Seems logical but I’m far from a shotgun know it all.
 
Jerzsubbie said:
Why shouldn’t it be? Seems logical but I’m far from a shotgun know it all.
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The lever that opens the gun should either be in the center or slightly to the right of center when shut. If the lever is left of center, then this is evidence of a worn action.

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Great...ill add one of these to the list...
 
Jerzsubbie said:
Why shouldn’t it be? Seems logical but I’m far from a shotgun know it all.
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As the locking mechanism wears, the lever slowly moves to the left. Thus, if a gun started with the lever in the center, the lever would keep going further left until it got ... awkward. (The sweeping motion of your thumb on the lever is a bit more natural when the lever is a little right of center.)

So most break action shotguns are built so that the lever starts right of center. As the mechanism wears, the lever moves towards center. And when it's left of center, it's a sign of significant wear. Most guns can be rebuilt, so a lever left of center is not the end of a gun - it's just a question of whether or not the gun is worth being rebuilt.

Sincerely,
Your Local Shotgun Knows-A-Lot-But-Not-All.
 
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Vyntage said:
As the locking mechanism wears, the lever slowly moves to the left. Thus, if a gun started with the lever in the center, the lever would keep going further left until it got ... awkward. (The sweeping motion of your thumb on the lever is a bit more natural when the lever is a little right of center.)

So most break action shotguns are built so that the lever starts right of center. As the mechanism wears, the lever moves towards center. And when it's left of center, it's a sign of significant wear. Most guns can be rebuilt, so a lever left of center is not the end of a gun - it's just a question of whether or not the gun is worth being rebuilt.

Sincerely,
Your Local Shotgun Knows-A-Lot-But-Not-All.
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That makes sense what you guys are saying. I hadn’t thought about the wear element. I guess my cheapo O/U gets a point back (not that I was scoring :D)
 
B00ger said:
You’ve read your own name on here...right?


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You lost me on that one. Yildiz doesn't roll off the tongue but looking it up I see it is Turkish for 'Star'. Turkey makes nice shotguns at a reasonable price.
 
rufrdr said:
You lost me on that one. Yildiz doesn't roll off the tongue but looking it up I see it is Turkish for 'Star'. Turkey makes nice shotguns at a reasonable price.
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Doesn’t roll off the tongue like ruffrdddrrr


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9outof10mms said:
It doesn’t quite roll like a booger...
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