Splatter; Continuing to shoot a gun that hurts causes you to eventually develop a bad subconscious flinch, and that will cost you birds in the field just as fast as it does on the skeet field. I shoot slide-actions, most are field guns I shoot with the goal of bettering myself for upland season here, I've had to trade a couple over the years, nice SXS's, because I couldn't shoot them enough on the skeet field to get competent with them. I have currently 4 guns I shoot regularly, 2 are my "field guns"(Ithaca 37 Featherlight Full choke and Remington 870 Express), all have almost identical stock dimensions, pattern almost exactly with the POI. An extra Ruffed Grouse or Varying Hare per season is my end goal, so even my 2 lighter field guns get shot once a month at least 2 rounds for this reason. I put the volume of targets through my 2 "target" guns(Benelli Nova & Winchester Model 12), I shoot more skeet than trap, I shoot 5-Stand when I can. I shoot 1Oz loads #9 for skeet, #8 for everything else at 1180-1200fps, and I typically shoot between 3 and 8 rounds a week. I have shot a 24/25 with all of them on the skeet field at least once, I haven't missed a Hare running in 3 years. A nice gun that doesn't fit you and worse hurts you, will not provide you with a clean kill in the field. He's due to trade for something else.