Originally Posted By: eightbore
What Miller, Twice Barrel, and I agree on and Larry and Rocketman apparently don't is that a tightly set up American gun of quality can take this pressure and recoil business and forget about it, just about forever, as long as the locking mechanism is kept clean and oiled. There is no way that all of our Parkers, Smiths, and Foxes that are still tight and on face were somehow kept from exposure to heavy loads and volume shooting for eighty to a hundred years. No, they survived heavy loads and volume shooting and will continue to survive. This pressure and recoil is a non issue for owners of good quality, well maintained guns.


I understood the question to be, "Why?" I did not understand we were somehow taking sides on wear of American made guns, nor did I vote on that issue. Sorry if I misunderstood the topic. I take a look at my American guns and say what I see later.