Karl, You are right; I close my guns gently and let the toplevers down and I can hardly discern wear on them while my fellow clays shooters can make a bag of bolts out of their Berettas and Blaser in a few years by slamming them closed continually. You can wear out a break action gun by slamming it closed enough times and never fire a shot through it. It amazes me that people pay what they do for these guns and abuse them so. Thanks, Marcus