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It's not about the extra shot it's the practability of the gun itself when your stood in a roost back against a tree and just slipping one up the spout.I remember shooting a copse about an acre in size I was on the edge and my mate was in the middle,I could hear them barrels on the o/u snap shut every time.

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In the confines of a hide semi auto is my prefered choice, the extra shot is of negligable merit in my view but that along with lower felt recoil in most autos is not on offer in the over and unders.

I like over and unders for clays and some wildfowling sittuations but on game i use side by sides exclusively.

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It's not about the extra shot it's the practability of the gun itself when your stood in a roost back against a tree and just slipping one up the spout.I remember shooting a copse about an acre in size I was on the edge and my mate was in the middle,I could hear them barrels on the o/u snap shut every time.

 

I've never done any roost shooting but that makes total sense.

 

The extra shot is nice though. Tough to bag a triple with an O&U.

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The only downside for me is picking up empties from stinging nettles/brambles when I'm decoying......apart from that I love a s/a for pigeon shooting, much easier to load in a hide, I like the smoother recoil and the extra shot whilst not essential by any means can come in handy. What's even more handy is being able to shove another up the spout quickly when you've had a shot or two and there's another bird coming!

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Ive not liked semis each time i have shot one. The empties flying out the side and all the extra noise and vibration of the action working put me off. I have a bps pump i love to bits though, drops the empties between your feet and cycles smoothly when you want it to. If you want something that feeds without breaking it open one might be just the job.

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