Just curious here lads- first, I have seen Market Hunter shoot- Tower thrown pigeons at Chuck Connell's Club in MI- haven't seen him at box birds (yet) but have seen fotos. Two dead "A pair in the air" Yes he did- a 12 DHE Parker 32", whilst I shot my 2E 12 Smith with 32" ventilated ribbed barrels next to him.
Now, I have never shot abroad so I can't speak for driven birds in LimeyLand- But I have shot a fair number of tower/silo released birds at private hunt clubs here in MI- FruitRidge, Chuck Connells, Wycamp Lake and the now defunct Bourbon Barrel-
7 pheasants airborne and in killing range for the chokes and paper shells of Lord Ripon's Day- hammer ejector Purdey 12 bores and two loaders/gun passers over to His Lordship-etc-- First question comes to my mind- were they mature Roosters or younger hens- Aerodynamics will tell us the smaller hens will move faster than the larger Roosters-
I can't say-I have made a few true doubles on ducks in my over 50 years of serious gunning, once dropped one Canada stone dead in the river and saw another go down from the same shot, and my pal's Chessie "Festus" retrieved it-
I shoot a lot almost year around, crows, starlings, barn pigeons with both my 12 gauge M12's and my 12 gauge Smith doubles- If I practiced with loaders, maybe I could get the flow and feel of that, but seven dead birds from a trio of ejector doubles in that time frame-I wasn't there, can't say yea or nay- But that is some kinda gun handling and shooting form indeed.
Last edited by Run With The Fox; 08/09/09 06:19 PM.
