I don't ever want to be aware of a gun's balance - rather, I want only to be aware of a fast mount where the bead lines right up to what I'm looking at, without having to be distracted by whether or not it is muzzle or butt heavy. I guess what I like best is a gun, regardless of weight or barrel length, that balances at about the hinge pin or within a half inch forward of it, Behind the pin the gun is too whippy and too far forward makes it an effort and a distraction to bring it to the target.
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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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