I saw Destry's Model 11. He brought four guns with him from Ypsi on Sunday- Chuck our host had his "Cowboy Caddy" parked under the tower, so those who wanted to swap between stations could. Destry offered, and I accepted- three fine guns of his for me to try- first his sweet old Hammer Parker 10 (wish we had some 10 skeet loads instead of the No. 2's), later that Churchill 8 bore with the 36" tubes- one of the nicest boxlock doubles I have seen in a long long time- both the Parker 10 and that Churchill were immaculate- His "Money Gun" was his Parker DHE 12- 32" DT, and mine was a Smith in the same specs but with a ventilated rib-I saw him shoot that Remmie Model 11- when he first came walking back from the truck to our stand with it, at a distance it looked like a Over-Under- that magazine tube went near to the muzzle-that one I didn't shoot, although he offered- Not a autoloader or O-U man-but he did explain what I guessed, with 12 shells in that cannon, JUST A TAD muzzle heavy. Legal to use today- sure- Law says three shell maximum capacity between chamber and tube- so just cut a longer piece of 1/2" or 5/8" dowell- the magazine spring inside that cannon must be something else, to push the follower from full compression when "stoked full" down to the last few rounds-worth the trip just to see those guns of his-and FYI- Chuck may host another one in late April-clays are great, but nothing warms the cockles of a shotgunner's heart than a big wad of feathers hangin' in the breeze and the solid "Thump" of a dead bird grassed-Boys, it don't get any better that that-IMO Fox
