Interesting that so many people "focus" on the rear sighted smoothbores as having an advantage. Until I got stupid and sold it, I had a 30" Macon Conversion that was the best gun for team matches. I could shoot 3 shots to the rest of the team's two and was deadly at 25 yards. Couldn't touch a thing at 50, which is why I went to the H&P. I should have worked out the 50 yard issues with the little gun. I am now building another Macon to get back where I want to be in Smoothbore.
As far as separating them, sorta reminds me of that joke that talks about how if one person doesn't like something he trys to outlaw it where another will simply buy/use what he wants. (I hope some of you appreciate how hard I tried to not use labels in this last part.)
Bob Anderson
Company C, 1st Michigan Volunteer Infantry
Small Arms Committee
"I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a hand on.
I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them."
- John Wayne in "The Shootist", 1976
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