Re instant choke selection, I can recall two occasions when I've gone to the rear trigger for the first shot to take a chance at a grouse that's well out there. Worked both times. But IMO it's not nearly as critical as being able to select the tight barrel first as it is on pheasants. I can recall one ringneck hunt in Iowa where I went back trigger first on 3 roosters in a row. Worked well twice. I might have gotten a little cocky the 3rd time.
Re Tap's son Bill . . . I expect some know the story, but Burton Spiller ("Grouse Feathers" and other books) was Tap's hunting partner. As he neared the end of his hunting days, he asked Bill Tapply if he could handle that little Savage single shot. He asked Bill if they could trade guns for the day. (Spiller's was a Parker V grade 20ga.) At the end of the day, Spiller told Bill to keep the Parker and he'd keep the Savage. Morris Baker of RST now owns the Parker.
