A good grouse gun should include a full or near full left barrel. My grandfather's 1887 Lefever pigeon gun was bored cylinder and full. I always thought that someone had messed with the right barrel choke. Later study confirms that his left barrel was for one shot flyer shoots which were the standard of the day in late 1800s and early 1900s competition. His right barrel was for grouse, in the pre Pheasant days when the gun was made. Granddad was apparently a one gun man, although I have one 1910 photo of him holding another make of gun, not identified.
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