You had me chuckling to myself, those Grouse sure are "lucky" they way they manage to put trees and bushes between you and them. I did alot of grouse hunting years ago and it seems the only time they give you a clean shot is when they are in afterburner...

I did some Quail hunting with a Pedersoli SXS, between the speed of the quail and the slowness of me and that hammergun, they did alot better than me..I did manage to get some of the slower ones but as I recall, I had already cocked the hammers before they got up. I use 90 grs of 2 F and an AA wad, I put a large glob of borebutter in the compression joint, this keeps fouling down and seems to cut down on the plastic sticking to the bore..

Doug