Yes, but there are many levels of competition with the top levels requiring a shotgun that is built as good or as expensive as a Perazzi or a Krieghoff. But would you take those 2 out in the woods for a day through the thick brush or deep snow?
So there has to be a mid point or middle ground or range between a pure hunting gun and a pure competition gun. Does the Nitro Special meet that mid point or fall within that range? I would say no, it doesn't. It has to be kept strictly within the purpose for which it was built, an inexpensive hunting gun.
To simply say, "I use it and it never fails" doesn't really say much unless that statement is followed up with the question, "How hard do you use it."
