Years ago, while TDY to Oklahoma for the military, I was invited on a bird hunt with a buddy of mine working his dog (planted birds). I said sure, but being TDY from Alaska, I obviously didn't have a shotgun with me. Another military TDY guy had an old 1921? Ithaca Lefever 12 ga SXS double trigger. I'd never shot a SXS double trigger in actual hunting, normally using my Winchester 101 OU.
That Lefever was the most natural pointing, shooting, just don't think- react shotgun I've ever shot at actual birds. We cleaned out the partridge that my buddy paid for to train his dog. There were still tons of pheasant on the property that the owner told us to go ahead and take (he later told me that my buddy's dog was the best he'd ever seen, and just wanted to keep seeing her work).
I ended up taking 12 pheasants with that SXS, mostly head shots. And 2 of the birds were true doubles. I gave the guy who loaned me the SXS $200 on the spot, and took it home with me.
