Last year some time I bought a Benelli 12 Ga Recoil-Operated Semi-Automatic Shotgun, and of course a gun safe to keep the results of my new burgeoning collection in. The safe was very heavy, and after bolting it to the floor and installing hanging file and ammo holders in the door, it doubles as a firesafe for all our very important papers, and I was very pleased with the great appearance and smooth operation of the gun/firesafe. But until last Saturday, I had never even shot the gun, despite having taken it with on several camping trips. (This is a whole different thing to shoot my mouth off about, but the reason I still could not shoot the gun even on my camping trips was that there were TOO MANY PEOPLE AROUND where we were camping). I digress, last Saturday I finally went pheasant hunting with my brother in law. That was really fun. His dog is the most incredible hunting dog I have ever known, we never did have to tell her what to do. We just started walking through the field and she (Kasey) went to work. She combed the field in front of us, never going more than 50 feet ahead, and when she caught a scent, her head would go down and you knew it was time to take the gun off safety and be ready. Sure enough within a few seconds, there would be the bird, taking flight. The shotgun also performed beautifully, by the way and the soft rubber compression butt absorbed the shock from the #6 shells I was using like a big pillow, I could barely feel the kick back. I took home three birds, two hens and a rooster, which were quite tasty after soaking in salt water for a day and then putting a nifty lemon pepper rub on them.