OK, Jerry, lets get one thing straight-I have never shot a ruffed grouse with this gun. I have shot several pheasants with it in South Dakota, but, that was with temps hovering about -10 degrees, and the typical, South Dakota 15-20 mph wind coming out of the northwest. It was brutal, and I had already exposed my 100 year old Tobin to the wrath that came on the front end of the storm-freezing rain, followed by white-out conditions that evening. Enough was enough for the old Tobin 16.
Yes, I like beautiful double guns for hunting. Sometimes, I even shoot them well. But, if it was my money being wagered on league night, I'd think long and hard about one of the pumps that hang about my place, and that Mossberg helps me to win my fair shair of $1 wagers and free beers in hot pursuit of clay birds. To be perfectly honest, it is my rainy-day-must-win-trap-shooting-or-nasty-weather-big bird-killing gun. Makes a fair loaner, too.
Do I like the fact that guys snicker when it gets uncased at the club? No. I really don't like shooting it as well as I do, either. But, not enough to sell it, give it away, or, leave it at home, either.
Best,
Ted
