I'd keep both guns you detailed, and if getting "trashed" while hunting grouse- dogs stepping on them, etc- I'd opt for a Parker Trojan 20 bore- 28" barrels IC and Mod- or a Ithaca NID field grade with same two triggers, barrels and chokes- Non-ejectors-- as you don't want to leave empty hulls in your covers to alert others about the potential shooting therein-

"Oh hunter, when you come at last, and start me from some covert place--" I miss those days in October after grouse and woodcock with a good pointing dog and a "working" 20 bore game gun in hand- RWTF


"The field is the touchstone of the man"..