I could care less what Doug builds or doesn't build, JRB. Trigger pull is trigger pull, and you don't need to build guns to measure it. All you need is a gauge; maybe not even that. I go by what my gauge tells me. Or, if I don't have it with me, put in snap caps, take the safety off, hang the gun from my finger on the trigger. If the hammer doesn't drop without bouncing the gun, that's obviously too heavy.
By the way, re gun writers where shotguns are concerned: Jack O'Connor stated in "The Shotgun Book" that LC Smith didn't make any .410's. Jack was around back when Elsies were still being made, so that's a mistake he really shouldn't have made. But goes to show we ALL make them--even dead heroes.
