[skeet]

A Model 12 is the first gun I ever bought..and sold. Bought it a the age of 11..as new 26" IC. Paid 35 bucks..sold it a few days later for 50 bucks. Let me tell ya..15 bucks was a LOT of money then. especially for a kid. That 15 bucks bought me a Colt SAA in 38WCF which I still have. Worth a whole lot more than what I paid.

I have shot lots of Berettas. Owned quite a few and all of 'em seem to have clubs for stocks. I did have a Beretta double that I shot ok..but that thing would stomp ya. So I kept it around and was stolen out of my truck at the PG shooting place in Md. Except for the money..I never missed it.

Never had much use for the 16. Anything I can do with it I can do with a 20...and a whole lot easier finding good ammo. I did use a 16 for one season hunting waterfowl when they made us go to steel shot, which sucks. As far as M-12's I have a 12 ga skeet gun with a factory Cutts that I use ocassionally to shoot doubles at skeet with. Best I've ever done was a 99 but I shoot low gun with it. SO much fun. I also have a rem 31 with a cutts. Almost as much fun as the M-12. The one I enjoy shooting the most though is the Pigeon grade 20 ga. It just seems to fit so well. Hardly miss shootin doves with it. The 28 ga is neat for a conversation piece but doesn't operate as smoothly as the 20. Always seems to hang up at the wrong time. Had another one that was better but just too much wiggle room with 'em as they are made on a 20 ga frame. So is the 16.

As far as O/Us I used the Brownings..Belgian and Japanese..and they were ok but they stomped you in 12 ga....especially the Belgian Brownings Shot the Charles daly and Winchester 101s and really liked the 32 and 3200 Remingtons..Still have Franchi in my Live Pigeon gun. One of the only Italian O'Us that ever seemed to fit. Bought it on my way to the World Pigeon shoot in 1980 or so. It is as they say...a little tight. But it do kill a pigeon. I actually won 'nuff there to pay my way..but those people could shoot. No live pigeon shootin in Wyoming darn it. Expensive game.

But the gun I shoot the most for fun these days is the 1100 platform guns. They just fit..and for playing..work just fine for me.Also have an M1 Super 90 that feels about th same as the 1100s..SBE has a different feel to it. But it do shoot ok. And with heavy shot or it's equivalent..I really don't need a 3 1/2 inch 12 ga. gun...especially with that ol 10 ga Ithaca I have here.