garry,
thanks to your advice/encouragement I own a 28 gauge side by side that weighs 5.7 ounces. A friend of mine and I are taking both of my new guns to a pheasant farm tomorrow. I never want to lose that "anticipitation" either, I went over today and said good bye to a bunch of 8 week old brittanies that my breeder has. My breeder friend's whole attitude changes when he gets around "his pups". He is 74 years young when he is around those puppies. You always convey the things that mean so much to me in your stories and e mails. You could write in any outdoor magazine especially with a photographer like Elaine to record all your hunting experiences
Keep up the good stories and pictures in here.