You are 10% right Joe- about the mis-fire. I paired up with Destry at the shoot today and he shared a fine 10 bore Hammer Parker with me- I had a box of Remington paper 10's (no. 2) pre-war according to him, and one shell didn't fire- although the primer was dinged- what a sweet handling and well balanced piece. I shot my 12 Smith with ejectors and 32" ventilated rib Full and Full-lotsa wind, grey puttied skies, 25 guys for 14 stations, we killed way over 850 of the 1000 birds-had a great tower shoot, super lunch and fellowship, and then with the dog handlers went back down (Via John Deere Gator-courtesy of our host)and did a pick up hunt- there I shot another 12 Smith a grade 2 30" M&F and "Maaaw-Paarkar" shot a beautiful DHE 12 32"-both his fine older Parkers balanced and shot beautifully, and I know you like to "poke him" a bit-but I'll tell you- Destry walks the walk and talks the talk when it comes to shotguns and shotgunning- we both prefer live birds to clays, and love good side-bys, so when he posts and talks about his vast shooting experiences, he ain't "Whistlin' Dixie", he's for real. Chuck, our fine host, hopes to have another one in late April, believe Destry mentioned his friend Eric from the PGCA might be able to attend that one with him, and I plan to bring my son-in-law. One of the best and well organized shooting events I have been involved in, good gun manners and safety stressed, great dog handlers and fine retrievers. I belong to the FruitRidge Farms Hunt Club in West Kent Co., but Chuck's "Tail's A Waggin" set-up near Marion (mid MI)impressed me greatly. Fine group of guys there, and- Michigan State won and is in the Final Four-a real "Red Letter Day" indeed.
