Thanks, Wonk.
Actually, I need to restate what I said in my previous post. S x S barrel configuration does not change the way lead looks for me. It just makes it harder for me to be precise about what allowance I put on the bird. Concerning this "precision", I have been amazed for years, for example, at how easy it is to miss a straightaway bird. Let's say, for instance , that all this particular bird needs is for you to put the bead up his butt and pull the trigger. If I perceive that I am off by mere inches, that bird can escape clean. We're shooting patterns here, not a bullet! How a miss on a straightaway can happen when you only remember the bead/muzzle being off by three or four inches, and you've got a 16" pattern out there, amazes me.
Often my shooting buddies will ask me as I step out of the box "What did you see?". I must replay that lead image in my mind to answer them. With my MX8 that image is normally crystal clear in my mind ..... with my S x S guns it is not as clear. Therefore, I believe that I am not seeing that gap, that distance between the bead and the bird, as clearly with a S x S. Straightaways ... doesn't matter. Dropping incomers ...... doesn't matter. Springing teal shot "under power" ..... doesn't matter. Horizontal leads ....... it matters.
I hope no one else is affected by this, but there is no doubt in my mind that I am.
SRH
