I don't have any of these "problems" gents, as I shoot waterfowl mainly by myself now-a-days, and use my LC Smith Ideal LONGRANGE when I can afford Bismuth loads for it. 90% of the "guns" at our Tower shoot pheasant club shoot Binelli autos- I usually use a full choke M12 with express lead loads-- I like to use a side-by-side on the dairy farms for barn pigeons and the stray crow that flies over--my current "fave" is a 1920 field grade L.C. Smith, 30" M&F, DT, EXT. I like this because I pick up ALL my empties, and my doubles with ejectors tend to throw them a bit from my position-- Most of my summer months shooting is evenings, after woodchucks and raccoons, and mainly with scoped varmint rifles-- RWTF

"The field is the touchstone of the man"..