It's getting to be the case that if you want to shoot a SxS on ducks at less than $4/shell (just wait to you see the prices this fall), then you'd better have a gun that can take both steel and high pressures. If you hunt one or two days every week for a 108 day season, the price of non-tox shells for the season can equal the price of a decent autoloading duck gun. Even in big cities like Los Angeles, you usually can't find the exact non-tox shells you need when you need them, and Cabela's and Mack's are invariably back ordered on whatever you need, so back to steel. My SxS steel shot special is a P. Bernardelli with 3" chambers and choke tubes. If it falls out of the boat, I'll use my BSS. Using a Parker or Elsie for regular waterfowling is like wearing a tuxedo to dinner; nice every once in a while, but not something I want to do every day. I would do it every day if I could still shoot lead.
Last edited by Replacement; 04/15/08 12:51 PM.
