What do you mean by the following statement?
More and more of the originals are failing, especially under the stresses imposed by competition.
I have 4 original Winchesters set up for CAS. All have been worked on and smoothed up by good gunsmiths. I have been shooting CAS since 2003 and until just recently was shooting at least 4 matches per month. The only thing that I have had to replace is the ejector and the left side extractor on one. That one had been gone through before I got it so there is no telling how much it had been shot before said parts fail.
The reasons that I hear for switching to the SxS is that there is less that can go wrong. Most of the problems that do occur with pump guns are user errors and things go down hill fast. If the problem was with the old Winchesters then why would they not just buy Norincos?
The last models of Norincos are much better than previous models and they do make fine shotguns for CAS. There's no doubt about that. They are still butt ugly though and I have never felt one that is as slick as any of my Winchesters. Plus the Winchesters do some with character already applied.
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You don't feel near as bad about throwing one around as you do a brand spanking new gun that has no scratched or dents.
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