I haven't hunted grouse here in MI since 1980--ditto woodcock. I am not sure about your suggestion as to putting the hammers on the half-cock position. This was my first time rough shooting and using a friend's hammer double gun, so, as they say about when in Rome-etc. Do all English hammer guns such as this Bland have a half-cock hammer position? I can still close my eyes and see the rooster drop, feathers still in the air-Gene Hill had it right, in his story about a gentleman on his deathbed uttering-- "But, I have shot a hellofalot of birds." The stuff of which dreams are made, no doubt. And a fine gun like that Bland--wow!!
