Well, you guys are just too set in your ways. Short barreled 16, 20, and 28s with straight grips and lite weight. No sir ree. Up here on my farms, we use real men's guns. Early season when the leaves are still on, I use my 13 1/2 pound PH, 36 inch barrels (for good follow through) choked full and fuller (.40 and .44). The first shot clears the leaves and allows for the second at approximately 60 yards. Later in the season, with the leaves now gone, I switch to my light weight hammer 8--12 pounds and 34 inch barrels choked "not so full" and full. Compared to my early season gun, this grouse killer is a wand. You may have detected a bit of "tung in cheek" here as I have yet to kill a grouse with either. However, I bet sometime in their youths, the both knocked off a bird or two.
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