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My dad never hunted and I don't know what my grandfather used. I kinda took up hunting from my uncle since my dad died when I was 14. My uncle used a Model 42 for almost every small animal he hunted. He had a cabin in Michigan and brought back a deer every year for 25 years but I don't know what kind of rifle he used. He got me started hunting by taking me out and helping me buy my first shotgun when I was about 16 years old. I bought a Model 37 which I still have.

I don't come from a pedigree of hunters but Dad did shoot "Huns" (no relation the partridge) during the Second World War with twin .50 cal Brownings mounted in the tail of a B-17. The Ma-Deuce does however, produce an cone of fire that is similar to a shotgun pattern. Can't say if the pattern is close to Improved Modified.

My Mother's uncle was named Maldred Cottam. He was a guide on Bear River Duck Club, a millionaire's club up by Corrine, Utah. I don't know what he shot, but he did guide Clark Gable several times. When my brothers were small and bored one summer, Mom gave them Maldred's wooden decoys to paint. Rumor has it they are under all of Dad's junk in the shed. I've never been able to find them and have wondered if my brothers have painted over some rare $500,000 decoy?

Granddad carried a Fulton 12; his brother a Ranger pump 16. My Dad carried the Fulton; I got the pump. Today I still carry the Fulton; shot out the Ranger way back !

Makes you wonder who had all the high grades!

I think my Grandfather first used A model 12 and also a model 37 fetherweight (my brother has the model 12 and my sister the 37) he then "moved up to a superposed 12 ga. that I have. My Dad hunted with a superposed 12 then changed to Charles Daly Miroku 20 (always wanted a superposed 20 but could not afford it), I hunted with my Dad for years and can not recall him missing (I am sure he did sometimes) with the Daly (my son know has the Daly).

Jeff G.

Lowell, my Grandfather's E Grade Lefever Pigeon Gun was enough of a high grade. It cost $100 way before the change of century. I think he bought it new.

I never knew my grandfather but Dad had his guns,a Winchester 92 in 32-20,a stevens single shot bolt 22,a crescent 12 ga double and an elderly S&W M&P all long gone.Dad used a nitro special,an 03 springfield and an artillery Luger.I Still have those and they aint goin nowhere!

I know little of my paternal Grandfathers roots. From what I have pieced together: He left home at the age of 13 from somewhere in Illinois. he made his way to tri state area of Kansas,Missouri,Oklahoma. He served as a Seargeant on the Tulsa Police department during the twenties and then retired till his death in Galena,Ks in the 50's. He served during the infamous Tulsa race riots.My father related to my brother some pretty chilling events during that time. My grandfather undoubtedly "collected" quite a few firearms from felons, most of which were handguns. His favorite shotgun was a 10 ga Ithaca that is supposedly in the possesion of a distant cousin. I have heard that he participated in an annual crow hunt and dinner that was quite a social event during those times.I have seen pictures of horse drawn wagons that were filled to the brim with crows. My father was a lot more adept at handling dice and a half pint of cheap gin than he was at handling a shotgun, although he knew how to hunt and was a repectable shot according to my brother.I believe that we only hunted together a couple of times. He forbid me from having a rifle or a handgun while I was growing up. I suppose this was because one of his brothers accidentally shot and killed his youngest bother playing with a revolver that my grandfather had removed from a unruly drunk the the night before. I never knew my maternal Grandfather.

Ken

Maternal GF had a Model 12, paternal a 20 ga trapdoor springfield, and both hunted rabbits. My dad was a rifleman.