I'll throw in w/Mr. Geo. ;-) Sounds to me like a great day with a close friend & bud. The brand thing w/shotguns has been around from at least the era of the hammerless SxS's, at least according to one of my old books on 'shooting by experts' where they listed the results of both pattern penetration tests and flyer shoot results by brands, same today w/bench rest match results, golf clubs that 'won' & you name its. We should all know better by now, but hey, we're all pretty much human & just know that a bespoke purdy(sic)gun will make all the dif in the world. Sometimes the magic works & sometimes not. Borrowed guns mostly never miss, but that is subject for another thread or a doctoral thesis. Glad your Stevens had its day, NHCS. Thanks for sharing it w/us.