"It's not that I dispute the effectiveness of your tacticool grouse hunt, I have enough buck shot that I don't have to half measure it to death with 7½'s. I saw an x-ray in a shooting class once that showed a sternum stopping a load of fine shot and what got by was less than impressive. The individual that was shot survived."

Fifty one years ago, I took my first Hunter Safety Course, taught by Long Beach (CA) Police. They showed us a coroner's photo of a kid who didn't clear his action before crossing a fence. He was sitting crying next to his buddy. You could, literally, see the grass on the other side of the wound. They were hunting quail with 7 1/2 or 8 shot, low base.