My great uncle, who lived upstate from us in Warwick NY, gave me an H&R Side x Side when I was in my early teens. It had Damascus barrels and I was told it was unsafe to shoot but we (my brothers and me) went ahead and shot all types of ammunition duck hunting on Long Island, back when there were more farms than housing developments. I bought an LC, a featherweight 16 soon after I graduated High School for what was then a costly 100.00, and used it until I was drafted into the army hunting quail and pheasant. Always wanted a 20 gauge LC and decades later picked a neat 26 inch featherweight for three times what that 16 cost way back when. Fell in love with LCs and now have several pre-13s, along with a Parker GH, a B grade Baker, an F grade Lefever 10, and a Lancaster mutton chop. No hunting anymore here on LI but I use all for sporting clays, five stand, and trap. I tend to keep my love affair with SxSs quiet so as to maintain domestic tranquility. Do we ever stop lusting more?
