Sounds like a great poll Swampman!! I elect you PollMeister!!!
Put me down as a Yes.
My dad paid $78 for mine in February of 1962 for my 13th birthday. I believe I checked the serial number on mine once and found that it was actually built sometime between 1958 and 1961-is?!?! Purchased from the hardward department of Carl Mears and Sons fertilizer and farm supplies in Fair Bluff, NC!!
The first gun I took home was a Remington Sportsman 12 gauge semi-auto AFTER Mr. Carl had told my dad that the Browning A5 "Humpback" I had wanted was $115. The Remington was an even $100. Well, that joy lasted until my mother heard the $100 price tag and "helped" my dad realize that "we" could not afford that. Soooooo, the Remington went back to Mears and Sons and the Stevens 311A for $78 (actually it may have been $73??) came home and stayed and my love for doubles was begun.
