Okiecruffler
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I've been considering giving trap shooting a try, and now that some other obligations are out of the way I finf I have time. Well, I'm a bit of an oddball and I want to shoot with my SXS's. But I'm being told by the local guys I've been talking too that SXS is too delicate and won't hold up to trap. Now rifles, I understand. My C&R's I'll take down until the screws are in parts. I'm no expert, but I know how they work. Pistols hold no mystery. I can do a trigger job about as good as anyone loacl that I could pay to do it, and every part is polished like a babes bottom. But my shotguns are another matter. My shotguns are another matter however. I'm afraid of them. I tell the wife that they are a retirement fund, but in reality they are my babies and they don't need no knuckle dragging fumble fingers like myself playing around with their inerds. So I don't know, maybe they're right, maybe they are too delicate for trap. But I have one 311 that my grandfather bought new in 1952 and although he took exceptionally good care of it, he used it hard for over 30 years before he gave it to me. In the 20 years I've had it I've put thousands of rounds thru it, often a few hundred a day. And it's still ticking. As far as I can tell it's still as tight as it ever was. So my question is, "Are SXS's considered to be delicate?" or are these guys just trying to hurt my feelings?