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Originally Posted by Brian Dudley
V grade guns had no schnabel on it, higher grades did. Until the mid to late 20's when they eliminated the schnabel on the higher grades as well.
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I’ve long known of a “schnabel” forend in reference to the shape of the wood but never saw or heard the word schnabel in reference to the forend tip. Would you kindly define ‘schnabel’ in this context?
It is a German word meaning ‘beak’ or ‘mouth’.
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