canvasback,
You're absolutely right about the pros using what the money pushes. But, in competition shotguns we are talking about brands, not types. You couldn't give my buddy Bill McGuire enough sponsorship "perks" to get him to start shooting a S x S against the rest of the "big boys". Nor any of the other top shooters on the NSCA and PSCA circuits. Winning is important to the sponsor, and they know they wouldn't get the wins necessary to sell their sponsors guns, and the next thing that would happen is that the sponsor would drop them. This is all just my opinion, of course, based on what I've seen.
moses,
You say that "your head can work over & rationalize anything, but your heart tells you the truth". I would add the caveat that, in the case of really serious shooters who want to win above all else, the scoreboard is what really tells the truth. And, that is why O/Us dominate when the money is on the line.
SRH
