KY Jon:
You have it about right, sir. The "real bird" is a small area. And at 50 yards, a damn small area. No matter if you're Percy Stanbury or not. Pellet hits kill the bird, regardless of the man behind the gun. And... there are bloody few pellets to hit that can at a real 50 yards... even if the gun were radar controlled.
As for nhcrowshooter, he betrays his ignorance of reality -- and classic shooting literature.
My reality is 40 years behind a shotgun. I have patterned many a gun and load and I have shot thousands of crows. I know what 50+ yards is. I know if they are flying slow and in straight line at that range I have a 50/50 chance of a hit.
I think you sir put too much stock in what others have written from the sounds of it and not enough experience or perhaps confidence in your own abilities. As far as classic shooting literature goes, most all of it tells us Twist and Damascus barrels are dangerous. Maybe you still believe that too.
