Yep mostly personal taste. I had good results with a klunky military (parkerized) Savage copy of the Model 11 Remington with a Cutt's Compensator. Drew it out of Special Services on weekends and ended up winning the Quantico skeet championship with it in 1956. Never did get used to the debris blowing back in my face however. My dad and his two buddies traded in their doubles and bought Rem. 11's before WWI. He always talked about the time they killed 15 canvasbacks with 15 shots on the pass at Hovland Lake that once existed north of Rothsay, MN. So I sort of considered semiautos guns for gamehogs back when there were no limits. He went back to a double (Nitro Special) back in the '30s and started me out with a Stevens 311.
I do like to look down my barrels for obstructions when in a muddy boat in dense vegetation. Plus all I shoot are reloads. Definitely do not want to fool with caps, springs, spacers, and rings just to clear a barrel. My hunting partner's 11-48 iced up so bad one time he had to beat it against the gunnel to get at the operating handle. He bought a Weatherby Orion before the next duck season.
Sorry to get off topic. To get back on, I have a bottle of Break Free I wipe guns with before putting them in the closet. Works for me as a rust preventative.
