I dont see why not, esp if old. I started shotgunning with one. Got my licence from the local post office fo 50 pence (about 1 dollar) when I was 14 years old. It cost me 90 GBP and was a mossberg 500, 8 shot police gun with a lengthed barrel (24" is minimum in UK), took me 6 months to save for it in my part time job, and used it to shoot DTL on Sundays in the field next to the pub where the old man went for a drink. Had to sell it when I went to college as I was skint. I wish I still had it. Those days seem so long ago. That is the reason I bought Mike McIntoshs model 12, nostalgia I suppose, best, Mike