See if I can add something useful.
Handling Characteristics of an Average pigeon gun:
Weight = 7# 11 oz, Balance = 4 3/4" in front of (front)
trigger, Unmounted swing effort = 1.82, & Mounted
swing effort = 8.11.
Handling Characteristics of an Average game gun:
Weight = 6# 8 oz, Balance = 4 1/2" in front of (front)
trigger, Unmounted swing effort = 1.45, & Mounted
swing effort = 6.38.
Handling Characteristics of an Average Light Pigeon gun;
Weight = 7# 3 oz, Balance = 4 5/8" in front of (front)
trigger, Unmounted swing effort = 1.67, & Mounted
swing effort = 7.46.
As the numbers show, taken in order of game gun - light pigeon - pigeon, the guns become progressively heavier, more forward balance, and require increasingly more effort to swing.
Curious to me, columbari birds haven't been mentioned, unless I missed it. The only gun in my database that I know to have been used very successfully in columbari birds is a Perazzi MT-6 with the following handling: 8# 3 oz, 3 3/8" balance, 2.38 unmounted and 7.99 mounted. I expect this gun is an exception to the averages.
DDA
