Be rest assured that our American guns are not only built to take a fence post in the trigger guard but also the heavy loads we have pounded through them.
Hey compadre- sounds to me like this Limey Fop needs a brush-up in shotgun history- When John M. Olin proof tested his M21 with 1000 blue pills per each tube, detailed stripped it and miked it out for wear, and found none- and the vaulted over-priced and over-there mfg. Purdey blew to flinders after only 60 of those proof loads- that should have proven the point- Limey doubles are built for the uber-rich royals and effetes, who have their servants both carry and clean them, and send them back to the makers each year for a "over-haul"-- You can pound 16d nails into Pine all day long with the forged 4130 steel trigger guard bow of either a M21, M12 or M70 made before 1964, and all you will do is mar the blueing- Damascus needs to re-read his Countryman- Gough Thomas and that Limey gun writers review of the ubiquitous American repeater- "ergonomic" comes to mind- Hail Britainia, my big left one!! Erin Go Braugh!!!!