It's not the gun that makes the sportsman Hal.

The Brits generally consider repeating shotguns an abomination and game destroyers, yet they have no problem with a man using a pair of classics with an assistant to keep up a high rate of fire.

Done skillfully, that's faster than I can shove shells in a Benelli playing a 'flurry' game at clay targets.

I like automatic shotguns of all designs. They are as much the history of this sport as any other type.

Do they represent 'progress'? Matter of opinion. They are fun to shoot, and the better ones have dynamics that facilitate good results in the field and on the clays courses.

Problem is, I like them all. I'm just happy pulling a trigger... or two triggers as the case may be.


"The price of good shotgunnery is constant practice" - Fred Kimble