Gun-only for me anymore. Been digging them since I was old enough to tag behind Mom & Dad and dig upwards of 1000 a year nowadays.

SB ... 60 clams pp a day for us on our digs and I'll bet I only bust 1 out of the whole lot ... and that is usually only a cracked shell. When you learn how they lay on a specific beach (it's always different), guns are far simpler