Observation:
When trapshooting was introduced to the Olympics in 1908, Canada came second to Britain, two birds short. In individual championships, Canada placed first and second.
The US didn't enter a team until 1912, when C.W. Billings of Glen Ridge, NJ, gathered good shots from amateur circles for Stockholm, Sweden, and won it.
In 1899, Mr. Billings bought a 12ga Francotte marked "Made for C.W. Billings" near the gold bar on the rib. Barrels are 26 inches, perhaps his grouse gun.
Light and fast, it works wonderfully in brush and blind. That extra inch and Francotte magic put the Churchill far behind---for me.
