I love my Barbour jacket. Looks good and blocks the wind and wet. Warm enough with a down vest underneath. Plus, I look really good while wearing it.
It's the correct size, but I always thought it was a little binding in the shoulders. I wore it yesterday in the cold to shoot tower pheasants and wanting to look good, I left my regular camo cold weather coat at home.
I looked splendid, but shot like a doofus. I peered in the mirror this morning before showering and saw why I shot so poorly. There is a baseball size black, blue and purple and red bruise right in the middle of my bicep. I just couldn't shoulder the gun like I usually do; wonder I hit anything!...Geo
And this is the quandry.
If you look at photos of English chaps (and ladies) shooting pheasants, it often looks like their coats are too big.
But if you buy a Barbour in the "right" size, you'll look great around town but have trouble shooting an overhead bird.
The solution is to have two.
