I shoot about 5k of shells each year at Skeet and Sporting Clays. That is more "wear" than I choose to add to my vintage SxS's, most of which are 50 to 100 years old.

So I shoot clay birds with a Citori or Beretta A-400 until fall of each year. Then I switch to the SxS's for hunting season. I will shoot a few "practice rounds" oc clays with the SxS's in September, just to prepare for bird season.

About 10 years ago, I decided to hunt birds ONLY with SxS's.

JERRY