Old habits die hard. I have a friend who will not use anything smaller than #6 shot for grouse. I use #8 in the early season while the leaves are still on and change to #7 or #7.5 when the leaves are down and longer shots are the norm.
A lot of Parkers as well as other SXS guns were choked F/F and i fail to understand why my 28 gauge VHE was choked that way with 26" barrels. It was made in 1922 so the days of market hunting were over but it sure wouldn't surprise me if the original owner might have shot a good many of his birds from a tree branch or on the ground. As I said, old habits die hard.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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