First SXS was a Browing BSS 12,ga. with 26" barrels, bought new in 1975. I never fired the gun. I sold it in 2005, after reading the McIntosh book, "Best Guns Made in America" and starting down the path of acquiring one of each make in the book. That, was the beginning of an incurable addiction. The mystique and craftsmanship of 100+ year old shotguns, is impossible to resist.


HWK