If you can find a copy on the VHS tapes- the former H&H shooting school instructor- Mr. Ken Davies- has two excellent videos- about 12-14 years ago when they were made. To our limey pals, a perfect gun fit and a "grooved gun mount"- much as top-flite golfer has a consistent swing, time after time- from repetition and practice-- I literally "went to school" on Ken's instructions, and he was no "gun snob" either, IMO--
Case in point- yes he had his own fine H&H side-by 12 bore, but he often used the "client's personal side-by" in his "hands on' demos-- And on the SC side- he shot a American Ruger 12 O/U (garish SS steel shiny metal receiver and all included) and smashed targets like downtown--
I prefer 28" to 30" barrels on my 12 gauge side-by game guns- ain't even close to a H&H, but a dead bird "Well Killed" won't know the difference-and no trick front glow-worm sights or mid-bead sights or other gadgets and gizmos either- and lotsa practice on banr pigeons and pest birds in the off season- BUT first with a gun with which you are comfortable shooting.
What was it the late Gene Hill said, when asked what it took to make a man a first class shot with a shotgun? "About 5 cases of shells"!!
