Thanks mate. To be honest, I think there’s a place for tradition. Making a sense of occasion out of things. But.. when it came to it, I was using a gun i enjoyed to shoot clays. The racking wasnt so loud as to draw a load of attention. I think it was the single barrel and complete blackness/plastic all over the thing that did that initially. But Im a convert and i kind of liked the fact that out of 10’s of wooden stocked o/u’s ranging from a few hundred quid to 1000’s (and from a small distance you wouldn’t know which was which), the sxp stood out in the crowd. Brilliant! Although i would still like to work out why the scores don’t translate to my o/u because I’d still like to be able to hit something with that.
Im due to look for rabbits soon. I had a sxs ready for that.. but its going to be the sxp again.
