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Lordy, I hope that's a lynx. If they grow bobcat that big the lynx could be dainjuss.

Lordy, I hope that's a lynx. If they grow bobcat that big the lynx could be dainjuss.

I am 78 and was given my Dad's 12 ga Fox when I turned 13 (He bought a used, nearly new Win Mod 21 from a recent widow. I was 17 before he would let me shoot the Winchester. I kept that Fox until it was lost (?) when the military moved my family when I shipped out to Vietnam. When I took the stuff out of storage 2 years later, it was gone. Jim Haynes

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First shotgun was a Winchester 97 takedown in 12ga
First double was a 12ga Nitro Special

Been shooting since I was a boy.



Cheers
Tinker

I turned 63 on January 18, 2010. That morning I was rewarded with a broken leg requiring a metal plate and 7-8 screws. As a friend said, "At your age you're supposed to break your hip!"

My first shotgun was my dad's Savage 775 autoloader in 16ga, and it was my only for many years. I didn't get into doubles until about 25 years ago.

I'm 53 and I got my first double (an Iver Supertrap) last month.
Started with handguns 30 years ago, then added rifles, pumps and now a double.

The Iver is getting a front bead and what is probably the first cleaning of its internals in 50 years. I'll let the Forum know if I can hit anything with it.

Lou

51, the warmer side of lifes hill. My first double was a 16ga Stevens borrowed from my dad. I thought I was cursed while all my friends had fancy autos and pumps. The dang thing had two triggers to boot. I learned to love it.

Later in my life, about 20 years ago I ran into a fellow named Daniel Cote and my Walther collecting somehow turned into doublegun collecting. Well, it's been somewhat a mess ever since.

Tim

Hmm...

Im 51. My first double, a very nicely gunsmithed Ithaca Flues model 20g with factory 26" barrels, was a gift to me from my grandfather when I made Eagle Scout. So, I was 15. He had been letting me hunt with it since I was 12, though.

My bird gun to this day.

Regards

GKT

My average age is varies from frat boy to old codger but hovers someplace in the late 30's. But I knew there was something amiss when my "baby" daughter invited me to her 40th birthday party. When brought back to reality (which I avoided at all costs) my drivers licence indicates that in a few months I will begin my 69th year.

My first shotgun was a Mossberg 410 bolt action when I was about 13 ...... My uncle Herbert tried to give me a SxS about a year later, he ran a hardware store in Weymouth Mass and took it in trade ...... But I would have none of it .... I wanted a "pump" gun like I saw in the movies. It only took me about 30 years to learn better.


Al

I'm 34. Been into double guns for... just about as much, I guess. In fact, my earliest memory is of playing with empty shells and some game shot; my first shot was fired when I was 4, and it was with a sbs (although it was Dad who was actually holding Grandpa's Izh 54 12 ga, and I just pulled the trigger), and I didn't realize there existed other types of shotgun until I turned 10. I never owned anything but sbs's, although I borrowed a friend's auto to try shooting some ducks with once, when I was 21; the gun did what it was supposed to, but it felt like a log and was absolutly no fun.