I have a book written by Sir Joseph Nickerson, of Rothwell, Lincolnshire Wolds, England. He was one of the greatest game shots ever, surpassing many of Lord Ripon's record bags, and did so in modern times, dieing in 1990. He shot driven grouse and grey partridge on his estate, and partridge in Spain ...........even once shot quail with John Olin at Nilo Plantation here in S. GA. He used trios of O/U guns by Woodward, and then Purdeys. Late in life he shot a trio of Purdey 28 bores, to save weight as he waned in upper body strength. He stated that he usually averaged around 50% kills ratio with the 12s, and later the 20s, but when he went to the 28s his ratio on taking all shots in range increased to 1/1.8, or 56%. What's interesting about that? He shot 1 oz. loads in the 28 bores, finding them absolutely comfortable for a long day's driven shoots, even up into his early 70s in age.
Imagine that ...............going from 7 lb. 12 oz. 12 gauges to 5 1/2 lb. 28s shooting 1 oz. loads, and shooting the best in his life. If they kick that bad, how could a man in his seventies have done it?
SRH
Last edited by Stan; 04/02/18 11:28 PM.
