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Interesting Topic.
My father didn't hunt even though his father did hunt. I purchased my first gun when I was probably 22 for hunting dove. It was a new Ithaca 37 20 gauge. I became more interested in guns and attended a few local gun shows and I stumbled across Walt Snyder's great book, Ithaca from the Beginning.
I basically read the whole book, bought a Knick trap gun and then started on SXS's.
I haven't shot anything but a SXS in a few years. Trap, Sporting Clays, Turkey, Geese, Duck, Dove, Grouse, and Woodcock. If a shotgun is the gun of choice, it will be a SXS for me.
I gave my son a little earlier start, a Lefever A grade on his 10th birthday.
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Nope, Dm, I did not off topic at all. Read my posts again. Just followed the posts and responded to them. Just as I am responding to me.
Always interesting to wonder what it is that motivated Frank. He works so hard at it.
_________ BrentD, (Professor - just for Stan) ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/qclHjMQ.jpg)
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After shooting O/U for several years, I stumbled upon a Browning BSS at a gun show and bought it to try. That's what did it, the O/U's moved down the road and the SxS's began to accumulate. I've had the fever ever since.
My proudest moment was when I introduced my son to doubles and started him with one of mine as a gift. I've been on his wife's "list" ever since.
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Make a donation to the board and my motivation will cease to exist...
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Nice stories guys...I hate we were interrupted by a free loader.
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Started with a Steven 311 my Dad had in the 60's. Shot that gun after he left it to me. Got a Parker Repro in 1986.
Now I am slowly selling off the sxs and one O/u in my safe. Probably will keep a couple to give to my kids if anyone wants them...
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I went from having no sxs's to a covey of them. Back in the day I bought and sold a lot of rifles and handguns. I had a become a favored customer of the area pawn shops. One of the proprietors asked me if I was interested in some sxs's...I said maybe. Long story short...I bought a 20 Ga Darne, a AYA 20 Churchill,a graded 10 Ga Parker lifter, and a 12ga Fox CE at one time. Within a week I picked up a #7 DM Lefever, many, many, were to follow but only a couple remain.
Last edited by Ken Nelson; 01/30/19 01:42 PM.
Dodging lions and wasting time.....
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Make a donation to the board and my motivation will cease to exist... So untrue. You've been doing this from the beginning Frank. You can't NOT do it. You are a psychologist's dream come true for pathological behavior.
_________ BrentD, (Professor - just for Stan)
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Started of with a Mossberg 20ga bolt action in the late 40s, traded it for a 20ga Nitro Express in the mid 50s. A few hundred SxSs later I still have some around but guess it is time to start moving them as I really don't shoot hunt anymore.
I learn something every day, and a lot of times it's that what I learned the day before was wrong
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Started with a Steven 311 my Dad had in the 60's. Shot that gun after he left it to me. Got a Parker Repro in 1986.
Now I am slowly selling off the sxs and one O/u in my safe. Probably will keep a couple to give to my kids if anyone wants them...
Are you getting out of the shooting sport? Hopefully not due to poor health. Merely curious. Hope all is well.
Perry M. Kissam
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