Pigeon guns were finished to a higher standard. Pigeon shooting was a big money pastime with larges sums bet on the outcome. The rich could afford to buy the best guns for this and while waterfowl guns had many of the same features waterfowl hunting was much rougher and guns tend to be less finished to high standard. I have two wildfowl gun but both are plain guns that fit the job. Eight plus pounds, tight chokes, proofed for heavy loads and one with a wide flat rib. A pleasure to shoot and if only I could use lead shot they might Thor’s hammer for long range pass shooting.
