As a youngster, for some reason, I was enthralled by the looks of a sxs shotgun. An uncle of mine was a bit of a horse trader and for a brief period of time had a 10 ga sxs that fascinated me and he subscribed to a variety of outdoor magazines, which back in the early 60's had lots of advertisements for firearms. I'd look at the photos of the various sxs and wish I owned one.
Later on my dad received a Remington 1900 12 ga as payment for letting some guy graze his horse on our land. I kept bugging him to let me have the 1900. He eventually relented and I had my 1st sxs shotgun. It was a bit of a beater and I ran every kind of shell through it save 3" and eventually the poorly patched grip area of the stock broke completely. I eventually built a stock for it from a blank, did some needed work on it and still have it, although I very seldom use it.
Now, the majority of my hunting guns are sxs, although I do have some waterfowl guns that are not.
