Originally Posted by Shotgunlover
IT was developed for a specialised form of shooting which is not seen outside the UK, namely driven shooting.

No driven shooting outside the UK? They've made it illegal in places like Spain and Hungary??

Actually, as a young guy in Iowa, I participated in driven pheasant shooting. Practiced even more frequently in South Dakota. Differs from driven shooting in the UK in that both the beaters and the guns have shotguns. Works out fine as long as everyone remembers the "blue sky" rule. Occasionally we still do it on a very small scale: A couple hunters with dogs pushing through a field in the direction of a couple blockers with guns at the far end.