The idea that ejectors are useless for hunting today is also one that I disagree with. But, this is relative, relative to the type hunting/ shooting in the field that one engages in.
I can see where a grouse/woodcock hunter would have no need for ejectors. Quail hunting, too, may be something that one would not NEED ejectors for, though my quail guns have 'em. Usually, two shots on a covey rise is aplenty.
I, however, do a lot of dove shooting in fields where the birds may all pile in at the same time, offering fast paced shooting for a few minutes. With a limit of 15, I want to fill it if at all possible. Many times the circumstances calls for as fast a reloading as I can do. I spent one whole season shooting an extractor Sterlingworth, and though I enjoyed the gun very much, I wasted many, many shot opportunities while digging empties out of the chambers. There were shoots that left me with broken fingernails, it was so furious.
I can reload an ejector gun much faster, and I can leisurely pick up my empties around my stand after my limit is filled. I prefer ejectors for ducks for the exact same reason. In my case, "once the empties hit the ground it is" NOT "where they lay"!
Call me a game hog if you wish, I don't think I am. But, I shoot my limit everytime I can, and love eating them all. I make no apologies for that. And ejectors make it easier and more fun for me.
SRH
