I grew up on a small rural farm in the hills of Southern TN. I din't know what a "Skeet" was until my late teens. The first shotgun I ever shot was an H&R small frame single shot 28 gauge hammer single which belonged to an uncle by marriage, weighed 4 lb 2 oz. Next was a 16 gauge H&A hammer single of my Dad's, followed by a borrowed, from a neighbor, 20 gauge Stevens model 24 hammer single. The first shotgun I actually owned was a J Stevens Arms & Tool Co 12 gauge hammer-less double. I have never felt handicapped in any way by these early guns I shot. To this day I would much prefer to cock a hammer than use one of those "Stupid" cross trigger guard safeties. Control of the shot belongs to the thumb in my "Not Too Humble" opinion. Might as well learn right to begin with.
