Lowell Sir, I was under the impression that Holland, Boss, Purdey
and any other good makers produced their "pidgeon guns" for exactly that, live competetive pidgeon shooting, now illegal in the UK but very popular still in Spain, Mexico and other places I believe. Now this competion uses heavy loads so the guns are heavier, here in Huelva the normal load is 36 grams HV of no.6 through an O/U choked full and full. (I know you chaps in the states probably don't think that is a heavy load but it is in Europe and you wouldn't want to fire that stuff through a normal 6 1/2 lb English game gun, The pidgeon guns I have seen from the big makers are usually 7 1/4 - 8 lbs, best, Mike