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Something that a younger dear ol'dad and grandpa shot.
What brand name, model, gauge and barrel length would best be called, the best of the field grades.

Really a tough call. I'd probably rank the LC Smith and Sterlingworth as tied for #1.

In the Lefevers, there wasn't really a field grade, and they were generally more expensive than the others.

The Parker Trojan and VH don't turn me on, but others sure like them.

JERRY

My Dad shot a Winchester Model 50, Uncle Finis shot a Browning A-5 with an adjustable choke.

Best,

Mike

Price wise, the Parker V guns in smallbores and unusual barrel lengths seem to be at the top of the charts to have...and very expensive too I might add.

Dad shot a single shot hammer .410 that was given to him before the onset of WWII. He was expected to procure items for the meat pot, and with that gun and a bolt action .22, he didn't disappoint.
He was given a 12 gauge double of some sort during high school, which, he restocked and send down the road-heavy, was his term for it.
During a 30 year career in the USMC, Dad took Patton's advice to heart, and always used automatic shotguns and rifles.
The golden age of the double was the onset of the repeater, Thorny.
Best,
Ted

Dad shot a Belgian A-5.

My folks have a picture of my dad, probably circa 1940, with a limit of mallards and Win 1897, that he said he borrowed from an uncle. After WW2 he bought an A5 12 ga, 28" barrel, and that was all he used for hunting!

"Beware, the man with one gun". And, a man with one repeater had a bunch of bases covered.
Best,
Ted

Mod 12 Winchester has to be tops---like it or not. Five (or three with a plug) shots out of this economical, slick and well made repeater made the SxS obsolete in the field and on the range.

Grandfather shot a Remington Model 17, passed on to my dad and then to me (my first real shotgun) back in about '55. Smoothest pumpgun I've ever shot.