I'd have to agree with Buzz there Gene, at least on the first two he mentioned smile
I didn't start shotguns much till I moved over here from Somerset , England, 25 years ago.
But my memories were of farmers shooting sxs s, with the lovely waxed paper cases, they looked like jewels to my young eye!
I lived in Co Clare , Ireland for a few years before here, n shot rabbits with my mates sxs, the few guhs I saw there were sxss, the odd autoloader\.
Started shooting over here with the standard beretta 686 o/u.
But remembered my roots, n have done the small bit of shooting I do with an older sxs since then.
I guess I find an older sxs just,,just beautiful is the word, I guess,...and with hammers n jones U/L (not o/u smile ), even more so
franc