nca225, I'm braced for that embarrassment - I had a CZ Bobwhite for a little while, and it took a bit of deliberate practice to get used to the DT. Hopefully my brain is still pliable enough in late 30s to manage, but the BSS has been my go-to grouse and woodcock gun for about 12 years, and we hunt a few times a week throughout the season, so there is a lot of muscle memory at play.
I'm hoping that the Cyl chokes actually have a slight constriction, I'm not sure if the listing is going by markings on the gun or actual measurements of the bore. Regardless, there is a bit of adjustment that can be made through shot and wad selection if I get picky. It would be nice if I can make use of this gun for our occasional quail hunting trips to the Southwest. I was using my Auto-5 sweet sixteen with a factory mod choke this year, and while its nice to have that third shot for cripples, a load of 7.5s at mod seemed like overkill for those little birds.
Lagopus, once I have it here in hand I'm hoping to get some more info. Is the Internet Gun Club still a good source of info for records? I found some older posts on there that seem to imply a member had access to the records, perhaps it was Barry King himself. My guess from the serial number and the proximity/similarity to the Hallowell 12 bore is that this is a mid to late 1930s gun. But we shall see.
