My first ten is an 1889 Remington with 30" fluid steel barrels. I bought it the first week I was home from the US Army in 1969. I didn't buy it because it was a ten, but because it was stone mint, brand new and I just couldn't resist the condition. $200 was an astronomical price for such a gun in 1969. My first game with that gun were two groundhogs that had wandered onto the skeet range while I was testfiring with factory 1 5/8 ounce #4s. I didn't realize I was firing at two hogs until the first one dropped, revealing the second one. I pulled both barrels at once because a groundhog is a bit hard to kill with a shotgun. Since then, I have not given up pursuing the ten gauge.
