Thank You Gunwolf;
The Field article very well sums it up. There is a definite difference between a "True" round action & these "Round Body" designs which break the sharp corners. The H&H shown appears to have far more rounding than the Westley Richards, which has more than the AYA #2.
I still see "Square Corners" on the Dumoulin frame, so it would not seem to qualify as even a Round Body. One could just as easily call a Browning Superposed a SxS. If you held it sideways it would become one, but that would not take away the sharp corners from the Dumoulin.
Again I am not knocking the gun, I just do not see it as a "Round Action". My
much less expensive & less ornate J P Clabrough back action sidelock has a action body with a very similar shape, though the rounded portion ahead of the sculpting may be a bit longer than this one. I find the Clabrough quite pleasing in appearance & I shoot it extremely well. It is however NOT a Round Action. The Clabrough even though a back action does have a lock plate shaped more like a bar action with projections running up the bar of the frame. They just don't do anything, apparently Clabrough just thought they looked better that way. This however in no way changes the fact they are back action locks, not Bar Action. I just believe in applying proper nomenclature to things, whatever they may be, shotguns or anything else.
