Yall are all a bunch of sissies. Adam Borgardus in his book, Field, Cover, and Trap Shooting, only used a ten gauge for all his shooting and preferred a gun weighing ten pounds, though for weaklings he allowed an eight pound gun was suitable and felt it was not too heavy to carry all day in the field after a bit of conditioning. He used it for everything from quail to waterfowl and also for the big money matches. His load was 4 1/2 drams and 1 ounce shot varying from #9 to #2, according to time of year and game he was shooting. Here is a page from his book. The book can be downloaded from Google Books for free. Interesting from another age.



Truly, the short ten is the universal gauge!

When an old man dies a library burns to the ground. (Old African proverb)