B grade reproduction

[Gary Laudermilch]

My go to grouse gun for many years now is a 20 ga, 26", pistol grip, splinter, double trigger example. It weighs 6-12. Many people over the years have shot the gun and it is often that they comment on how light it is and then I tell them. One guy came just short of calling me a liar. At an early years Haussman shoot I shot with a well known dealer and he took a few shots with it and commented on its lightness and good handling. I asked him if he had a scale with him and after our round of clays he weighed it. He got the most perplexed look on his face and I just smiled. I have carried this gun for grouse all these years without difficulty and have shot countless rounds of clays with it without the slightest recoil complaints. I shoot standard 7/8 oz 1200 fps loads exclusively. In my view it is not the weight of the gun but how the weight is distributed that counts.