Mr. Schefelbein: For very selfish reasons, I pray that your assessment of the situation in Minnesota remains somewhat constant.

Mr. Cloninger and Mr. Frazier: After over 10 thousand hits on this thread, I am starting to sense a pattern. Grouse guns tend to be the ones that fit their owners very well and carry comfortably. The weight range seems to be between 5 1/2 and 6 1/2 pounds. The actual type of gun (double, pump, or auto) doesn't seem to matter as much as the confidence of the user in his (or her) weapon and, of course, the fit and the weight. When these components intersect, the gun becomes a precious and wonderful tool that (in many families) gets handed down from generation to generation. Over time, it then becomes imbued with a certain nostalgia for glorious days afield and owners long-since passed. May it remain ever so.

Last edited by Lloyd3; 03/17/13 03:17 PM.