FSJ,
Remember in Spiller's era the forests were a lot different with lots of edges to hunt. Also the shells were quite different with slow burning powders, before the invention of the Nitro type shells, so the 8's worked very well with the more closed choked double guns, in Spiller's era.
Ryman Gun Dog
L.C. Smith Man
We still have places in our mountains today that the forest edges go on for miles and miles, still good places to use the 8's, when the leaves are fully down. We have some of the greatest Grouse & Woodcock habitat on earth here in Potter County, Pa. Along with some of the spookiest birds, due to our forests large number of predators.
These guys are using 8's under the 1st trigger and 6's under the 2nd.
If everything works out correctly and the shot is true, this is the end result, using good shells.
This may have been Gunny Bowman's last Grouse hunt, glad he got a couple nice big birds that day, he may never be able to walk the mountains again, his Agent Orange has finally caught up with him. He is a world class Grouse Gunner and one of the Best Marine Sniper Instructors who has ever lived.
