Okay, a lot of threads have asked why a SxS is so expensive. It's been done to death. So please understand that this is a specific and different question.
I've done a little work on boxlock O/U and SxS shotguns. They're quite similar inside. Furthermore, some companies build utterly similar guns in each configuration. For example, a Ruger Gold Label is built in the same place, by the same people, using the same materials and techniques, and similar designs, as the Red Label.
Nevertheless, a Gold Label costs about twice what a Red Label does, and from what I've read, Ruger did not intend that to be the case. They planned on keeping the prices relatively close. They failed, however, by their own admission, because they underestimated the hand work required for the SxS.
So, here's my question: why, specifically, is it more time-consuming and difficult to regulate two barrels next to each other than two barrels stacked?
Does anyone know?
I've done a little work on boxlock O/U and SxS shotguns. They're quite similar inside. Furthermore, some companies build utterly similar guns in each configuration. For example, a Ruger Gold Label is built in the same place, by the same people, using the same materials and techniques, and similar designs, as the Red Label.
Nevertheless, a Gold Label costs about twice what a Red Label does, and from what I've read, Ruger did not intend that to be the case. They planned on keeping the prices relatively close. They failed, however, by their own admission, because they underestimated the hand work required for the SxS.
So, here's my question: why, specifically, is it more time-consuming and difficult to regulate two barrels next to each other than two barrels stacked?
Does anyone know?