Originally Posted By: buzz
Stan, Would you please cite some proof showing a Browning wears out faster than any of a variety of guns,eg Beretta guns. Thanks. I just replaced a locking block in a Perazzi. It was a bit of a drag but I got it done. It wasnt blowing open but the top lever was at 6 oclock so it needed to be done. Had I not replaced it Im guessing sooner or later it would have become unsound. Do Perazzi guns wear out faster than other guns too with the same amount of shooting?


Buzz, there are no statistics that I am aware of, but as I said in the above post, I've seen it so often as compared to Berettas in serious shooting that I would bet pink slips on it, if it could be verified. Mine is only anecdotal evidence, but I absolutely do not have a grudge against Brownings. Just reporting my experiences over a lot of years of competitive shooting. I've had one Perazzi rebolted too, but the top lever was not opening itself. My Perazzi man at the time just suggested I have it done sooner than later. I had bought it used and it had a lot of years and miles on it before it came to me.

Maybe a thread on Shotgunworld would get some interesting replies, if you're a member. The problem is, people who really like the way Brownings shoot are hesitant to own up to their problems. Not an indictment of Browning owners, all of us are like that to some degree, I suspect.

SRH

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