[Eric in the Ozarks]

The A-5 can give you a welt, too, if you don't have it right squarly on your shoulder. Shoot 150 or 200 rounds in a day and one or two of them will leave a purple tatoo on the muscle of your right arm.
I own four A-5s. Three are Belgians. The one I take to the field is the Japanese-made gun because I will shed no tears if it gets scratched or bumped around.

[Quilla]

I'll shoot my favorite 20 ga. Citori if I'm planning on 150 shots. At just six pounds with an English stock it never leaves a mark and I can carry it around all day. And I understand perfectly your sentiment about scratches - many guns are pure works of art.

I'm looking forward to dove season this year in lower Alabama. For the first time that I can remember, we can start hunting at daylight rather than noon. Mmmmm, I can taste them now.