Schnabel forends have been around for a long time. Even some American makers of SxS shotguns employed the design, for whatever reason, on a couple of trap or skeet models.
I don’t know how the German word for ‘beak’ or ‘mouth’ devolved to describing the flaring of the forward end of the forend wood...
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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