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some guns fit... some guns don't! Shotguns, especially bird guns, are notorious for having a finicky "fit". If it's not the comb, it's the cant...or the offset. Try enough guns over the years and you just may find that the old single/breakdown J.C. Higgins from 1960 will drop more birds for you than a Browning Citori. Shotguns are like that


surv

there's a nice import P. Beretta 12 ga O/U in a walnut presentation case at the Longview gun show right now. Only $7,700 (plus change) ... even though my b-day is in a couple of weeks, my son and grandson both said "no" to the birthday present idea.

surv

for dove hunts I would leave the pump gun at home.... the gun may be fine, but I personally have parts that don't work as well as they used to. I do have friends that can handle the pump guns for fast action birds, but not me. I would recommend a light semi-auto, maybe along the line of the Beretta 390 series. A little search of the pawn shops will turn up many, many good used shotguns that would be fine for the seasonal bird hunts, and a bit of fast action five stand clay shooting as well.

My joints just don't work as well as they used to... YJMV (your joints may vary )

surv