53, My first shotgun was a late Belgian A-5 "Light 12" in my youth of about 19. I don't recall anything light about that gun. I hunted it off and on in my twenties on dove and a trip or two to So. Dakota for pheasant. I bought my first sxs around 1984 when I was 28. It was a BSS 12g. I shot that gun pretty darn well. A good handful of 25's in skeet were with that gun. I couldn't stand leaving it alone and shortly after I bought it, I had Briley chokes installed. That gun was my only sxs for until about 10 yrs ago. I don't recall what sxs I bought next, but I do recall an affliction with LC Smiths for a while. Still have a few. I went the way of Fox and Parkers and Ithacas. I had a Spanish gun for a while, but sold it. Still haven't warmed up to foreign guns much, although I have a couple Beretta guns and have had a number of Japanese Brownings in o/u and sxs. 410 and 20g American sxs's are my current interest.