This is a neat gun. When I saw the headline "garden gun" I thought immediately of my Savage 24 20ga/.22lr over and under combo gun. With its boat oar quality wood and unevenly "stamped" engraving of a sauntering fox...it doesnt win any beauty contests. But man alive, what a useful gun!
Built like a tank and easy to repair. If Dan Lefever had made this gun, with proper fit and finish, and wear compensating features...
It is not a double. Nor does it elicit any of the romance of handmade quality. But there is something practical and uniquely American about this hard working, rugged, yet unrefined old gun.
It doesnt get to go to the club for clays. But it does collect a rabbit for dinner...and limit the number of groundogs excavating in my hay field. Ive even taken a turkey using a 3" shell, although I prefer a 12ga for that.
NDG
