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I have the shotgun I learned to shoot ducks with and other critters, my grandfather's single shot 12ga. If you want to shoot it you are welcome. I think it is a Stevens. It has been in my safe since 1984 and I have no intentions of ever bringing it out, either. It kills at one end and maims at the other end. It has a hollow brown plastic butt stock and forearm, with a hard plastic butt plate and no recoil pad. With a T-shirt on and high brass shells it will raise a blood blister, and it will also loosen your fillings.
I have my deceased father in-law's A-5, 1946 version, 12ga full choke, full rib gun also. It is a rompin, stompin gun, but on comparison, a much nicer gun to shoot than the single shooter. I got tired of the Phesants coming up far out and running away after I shot them with my 20ga during our late November phesant hunt. So I went to Cabellas in Mitchell, bought me 2 boxes of Remington #2 Nitro Mags 1 1/4s for the A-5. The next day the phesants became deceased prior to making contact with the earth. That running off BS ceased immediately.
Just thinking about the single shot beastie makes my shoulder hurt, where is my wuss gun, the Beretta 391.
Ed
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