I learned also to love sailing- summer camp up in Northern MI. Ice boating is also a real thrill.
In another issue of the National Sportsman I bought, the back page shows actor John Barrymore at his private skeet range, tweed shooting coat and possibly a Model 21 (1934 issue) and the No. 4 peg. His stance is very wide, but if it worked for him, sure. Waiting his turn, and with what might be a Rem M11 with recoil pad and a Cutts Comp. is a young but dapper Clark Gable. The article mentioned that Gable shot four rounds with his host Mr. Barrybore- scoring 6/25, 8/25, 11/25 and finally 12/25. That was with the 12 gauge.
I can see the challenge for the skeet shooters in using a .410, where I believe a visible chip from the clay counts as a dead bird on the score sheet. However, in the field, where the name of the game is dead birds and minimum crippling losses, I am with the late Mr. Buckingham 100%.
I believe he wanted pumps and autoloaders and .410's banned for waterfowling, and not the 8 gauges.
