I agree with Daryl, breed does not matter as there are good and bad examples. Further he is right about the most important factor is getting the dog the experience. No different than quarterbacks or soldiers, the number of repetitions matter most.

You can't make a genius play at the top of their game without experience. You can make a journeyman look steller with enough repetitions. Most of us are journeymen.

On guns, my thoughts are about the same. I have seen some best gun performance from men with pumps and consistent mediocrity from high dollar guns. The difference comes down to how many rounds in experience the shooter possesses with the gun.

My one regret in my gun life is that I have owned too many guns. I wish I had brought and get fitted to a high dollar SLE when I was in my twenties, instead of the long trial of second and third tier BLNE and BLEs I went through.

I still remember the Purdey I held in 1985 with a $5k price tag that I could have afforded (pre-marraige). It was even a 16 which was part of the discount at the time (those were the days and I was too careful)

Shooting one gun alot is better than twenty more beautiful guns alittle.

Michael Dittamo
Topeka, KS