There were no sxs guns in the family when I was growing up. The men who hunted used pump guns or automatics. I started with single shots and progressed to pumps, a Rem. model 31 20ga, and an Ithaca model 37 12ga. I shot the pumps until I was 40 and then switched to automatics.

I had traded a few doubleguns but never really shot one as my regular choice until my mid 40's. Now they're pretty much all I shoot and I've accumulated more than I need. Some are just collectibles. My collection idea was a representative low grade gun from all the American Classics (Parker,Fox, Elsie, Ithaca and Lefever). Then I discovered there were many many more...Geo

I blame a lot of that on this bulletin board.

Last edited by Geo. Newbern; 01/31/19 03:05 PM. Reason: added final sentence