Curious, as I read that Lord Ripon often used a trio of hammer Purdey 12 bores ( and 2 loaders)-- as to how you determined that those London Bests were straight cylinder bored-- wonder what loads he used- and how it was that he got incomers close enough for a spread load of shot- he also shot hares (rabbits) and red grouse- did he use the same trio of no-choke guns for these as well as on pheasant? RWTF

"The field is the touchstone of the man"..