I don't know what the "old days" were at Malloy's, but two guys I can think of that shot heavy 32" Model 21s at pigeons were J.B. "Cap" Grier and Howard Miller. But they shot a while back, probably when Jon Kruger was in diapers. I own J.B. Grier's Model 21 and it will still kill a pigeon. Oddly, Howard's Model 21 and Cap Grier's gun were consecutively numbered.