Stan I also agree with Nash...I really think your statement is bass akereds.
Should read...I know many men that go through a second childhood and are immature enough to hunt with a foe tin.
A dove doesn't care what gauge a load of shot is delivered from. Three #7 1/2 shot out of a .410 at equivalent velocity will do the deed exactly the same as a three out of a 12. To argue that point is to show one's ignorance. Pattern density will deliver those three shot. It is up to the man behind the trigger to choose the appropriate range. The appropriate range for a 11/16 to 3/4 oz. .410 load is just much less than it is for a "normal dove load", such as 1 oz., out of a bigger bore.
This has been pointed out so many times as to make it seem redundant. But, it's true that a man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still.
Nash didn't have the luxury of plastic shotcups and the far superior loadings we have today. He was an intelligent man, not someone who never rose above childish name calling, and would have evaluated the loadings we have today on their own merit, not those of some writer from some 75 years before his time.
