Hi Francis.
The two blue ribbons you see are in fact paint roller poles i use these to hold up the nets and as pigeons see only shades of grey thay don't see thay are blue if it works use it. I do eat them and cooked right thay are very nice and
yes you are right thay do make a very challenging shot. As for Sir Hugh Campbell he can stick his head up his arse

if he thinks a PARKER is a
crudely made gun me and my buddies are all working class guys so we don't
all have Purdeys or Boss guns i wish we did ? We buy the best we can afford
and enjoy them.They all like my vhe Parker and all think it's a very well made
gun Russ my main shooting buddie has asked me to leave it to him in my will
HA HA HA . When we shoot pigeons i think two cartridges per bird is good
average or less if you can sometimes three or four on a bad day. Over here
pigeon shooting used to be a poor mans sport not so now money is takeing
over.But it is still the best and most testing shooting going in my book. The
best bag i ever had was 364 picked up plus few lost with a buddie over rape
stubble in 1996 that was red letter day to remember the good old days

If you ever get the chance at the old wood pigeons go for it.
All the Best Dave.