Circa 2025, how a manufacturer knits a pair of new barrels together is likely moot. Every method works, and the material is much improved from even 100 years ago. For all the complaints and bltching about brazed rib guns, it is damn hard to find one with a loose rib, a good thing, as I question how you would ever get it fixed. Kirk Merrington told me decades ago that relaying ribs on tinned and soldered barrels was a maintenance issue, and to plan on doing it, eventually.
Chopper lump, shoe lump, dovetail lump, monobloc, whatever. Take it out and shoot it.
I doubt most of us are young enough to be concerned about wearing a new gun out. I’d be more concerned about how it fit, and how well I hit flying targets with it.
Best,
Ted
