Easier to clean is not always such a good deal. From what I read, you find posts where someone discovers rust or fowling in their triggers,hammers, safety, etc on the break open, drop blockmodels. That's because some of them parts are not removed and broken down, each time you shoot and clean the rifle.

On my hammer striker model inlines, granted they might fowl more... No argument there. But when I clean the rifle it basically comes apart. Each piece that must be cleaned is easy to disassemble and reassemble after you have them spotless and protected. I personally think that is one reason I like the open breech model rifles. They take longer to clean, but when they are clean, you are sure they are clean. You do not find a small rust spot weeks later in some far out of the way to get to place.

Also they are more easy to understand when there is a problem with them. And normally cheap to purchase. Perhaps that is why I never traded in my Black Diamond XR for an Omega...