Last time we hunted in MT- near Billings- all of us hunting the Bow River "Cast and Blast" were using 12 gauge-repeaters-before steel shot and I was using Fed. Premium No 5 for ducks and pheasants- heavy gusty wind- a wild flush, an incomer and the older Model 12 did its magic- that bird folded up like a cheap cardboard suitcase in a hailstorm-- of course, that perhaps begs the question- is there such a thing as an expensive (Armania-Gucci-Ralph Lauren cardboard suitcase??

"The field is the touchstone of the man"..