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Message: <blockquote data-quote="silver prince" data-source="post: 3412815" data-attributes="member: 99610">i now shoot many birds,specialising, in birds in flight,us using a nikon camera and 500mm lens ,and let me put this into context, a speeding grouse flying towards you .to get one sharp photo out of burst is  very difficult. if i was using my shotgun every out of focus shot would still be kill .you only need one pellet out of the 225,pluss 6 shot.you may deluded yourself that your sport is challenging, any body with half reasonable hand eye control, can hit the fastest moving target ,this is what the shot gun was designed for to make killing fast moving birds very easy ,i did belong to the dark side ,but now i deplore All killing tell me what you like most about killing grouse is it the smack it makes the puff of feathers that comes off the smell of gun powder ,the rangerovers or the tweed suits</blockquote>