I haven't tried anything sub-5 1/2 just recently, but I can do OK with sub-6#. Last week, I shot 24/23 in 2 rounds of skeet, low gun, with an Ithaca Classic Doubles 20ga that weighs just a bit over 5 3/4. And skeet involves a lot more swing (which can be tougher to control with light guns) than does grouse and woodcock hunting. I only wish I could shoot anything approaching the same % on woods birds that I can on skeet targets. But then knowing where the target is coming from, where it's going, and how fast . . . that does help.
I'm not about to spend the kind of money Barnett has on that Prussian Daly 16, but I'd sure like to borrow it for a round or two of skeet. Or, better yet, for a week or two chasing grouse and woodcock. I'd even pay a rental fee!
Last edited by L. Brown; 03/31/15 08:15 AM.
