Eddie- I've never done driven bird shooting in "Limey-Land" nor never will, even if I should win a powerball jackpot, But I've seen many videos, and I'll tell you what- those tall Roosters going like a Mach 4 jet fighter at cloud bustin' altitudes sure look like a challenge for any top rated wingshot to hit. The land and the game thereon belong to Lord Muckinfutch and he invites his friends to the shoots- and the retrieved birds distributed, some possible sold at market. Not quite the same as his Lordshipness raising beef cattle for the market (in terms of how the cattle are killed, as opposed to the pheasants, but the end result means food on tables for folks- I'd like to try it with my "pet" 30" Full Choked M12 Tournament Grade solid rib shotgun.
The Limeys can have their "matched pair" of London bests, with a loader, they have 4 shots at their disposal. I'd leave the 3 shot plug in the M12 and if I could pick the shell and load for those "Archie-Angels" it would be the Old Federal Premium 2&3/4" copper plated No. 5 shot 1&1/4 ounces- darn shame Federal stopped making that years ago.
I had those loads and the same M12 out in MT. Oct. 1987 on the Big Horn River area, near the Yellowtail Dam--Sunday, 2 Labs and an old HS pal, tons of open lands, no other hunters, wind came up after lunch not uncommon out there) and Bob's 2 Labs: Mork and Mindy, boosted out a big old rooster downwind from where I was waiting- he gained altitude and speed as he approached, I swung the barrel waaay ahead of Mr. Cock-bird, Bung, Belly, Beak and Bang- and he crumpled up like a cheap cardboard suitcase in a hail storm. Those Federal loads were something else indeed. Wonder if the Limeys have similar shot loads?? RWTF
