My hands down favorite was the Pedersoli 10 bore double hammer gun. I killed many birds with that thing, used it for a lot of shotgunning stuff, even trap. Turkey, pheasants, geese, clay targets all fell to it. I was even published about it in the now defunct "Blackpowder Hunting" magazine. In the timeI was using it, I was invited on many hunts with the stipulation that I had to use it, and no other shotgun. One time shooting trap, I was asked to stop using it as you could no longer see the targets for all the blackpowder smoke! LOL! In one of my dumber moments, I let it go, and truly miss it to this day. Not enough, I guess, to get another one, but I do miss it. I've had M1's and SBE's, 1300's, 870's, 835's... all 12 gauge. Now I'm putting together an 870 20ga after reading all the positive press about a 20ga.. But my favorite, so far, remains the Pedersoli.