Saw a nice .410 double yesterday-out of the way gunshop. I know the owner- he had a nice Phila Fox A 12 a few years ago-It is a Savage/Stevens 311- but made under contract for the Sears Roebuck catalog (back when Sears and other sold shotgun via mail-order) to it is marked JC Higgins on the receiver sides-looks like it was never fired- not a mar on the full stock with black plastic BP-ditto forearm- mint blue and bores- 28" I am guessing Full and Full- DT Extractors and 3". It is for sale at his price (firm on that) at $550- got home, only check I could run were ads in GUN DIGEST- the two numbnutz Dick and Craig that are all over that publication like flies on a shitwagon in July had a few- all into 4 figures. I am strictly a 12 gauge gunner-never owned or shot a .410 (or 28 gauge)but I can see the appeal-until I priced the shells- $17.50 box of 25 target loads- I can buy 4 boxes of Federal promo loads in either 7 & 1/2" or 8" from GM for $16.00 so guess I'll stay with my 12 bores-but just to learn something, anyone care to venture a guess- Owner said that Stevens put better wood and finish on their Sears contracted shotguns- this was real walnut- not some crappy assed stained birch- and by the way- he also ID'd the bl;ack plastic BP I have in my "cigar box" of strays-as going on a plastic-aka-tenite Stevens buttstock-RWTF
