Have been carrying various SxS's now for 55 years, most all with "Skinny" forends, though have had a few of those abominations which looked like they were abandoned & a tree grew up around them , so they cut it down & called it a "Beavertail".
If you want a whippy handling and sissy looking gun that looks like it was made for a woman, then get one with a splinter foreend.
I can assure you my 10lb 10ga Lefever with its skinny forend fits absolutely "NONE" of that criteria.
In all of those 55 years of carrying those slim forends I never felt "Girlish" Nor like a "Sissy" & a forend in & of itself makes a gun neither "Whippy" or otherwise.
Jimmy, those statements are nothing but Pure Unadulerated "Ignorance".
Forends are purely a matter of personal choice, many of us simply do not prefer a pile of wood out there that turns an otherwise beautiful gun into something that looks like a Preagnant Sow.
As to speed of firing the real heyday of the pumps & autos was when they could legally be used with 5-6 shells. A double can be reloaded far quicker than either, their advantage comes when a series of shots can be fired quickly without the need to reload. Few of us are faced with that situation today.You can fire three shots quicker with tham, but Four or more faster with a double if you have pre-planed so you don't have to fumble for shells.
