When I was in the service in 1966 I was lucky and was shipped to Germany. I was an MP and in the barracks we shared there was a Gun Club run by a retired Master Sargent. There were some good deals in there and I bought a .410 Remington Model 11-48, 25" ventilated barrel improved cylinder. I hunted and killed 10 lb. hares, Hungarian partridge, Cinnamon Teal and some Mallards with it.
Upon returning home, I used it a few times for native quail when I lived in New Jersey and missed out on a triple, an easy left to right shot at a cock quail. Never forget that, the picture is still there in my head.
The shells in Germany were from Belgium and there were paper with a wax on them, couldn't understand in the beginning why I could not fire the second shot until I saw the wax being scrapped off. From there out I had to scrap all the wax off. These were 3" hulls and I used 3" when I got home also.
Still have it and ever once in a while I will take it out. Paid $103 back in 1966. I shipped a Winchester 20 ga. 101 home in a take down case, paid $166.85 and still have the receipt and hang tags for it. I used that quite a bit here in the States but never in Germany.
