There were no "family" doubles when I was growing up. Dad, Grandaddy and Uncle George all shot autos or pump guns.

For whatever reason, I was always drawn to side by sides though. My first one was at age 14 when I swapped a Franchi semi-auto for a Savage Fox model B with single trigger and a vent rib. A true 'monstrous-horrendus' and I'm surprised the sxs interest survived that experience.

I swapped that Fox for an Elsie 20 featherweight and've never looked back...Geo