On the west Kansas prairie it was all about pheasants, and it was pretty much all about 12's. My dad's Savage was a 16 because he bought it right after the war, and had to take what he could get. Made we a 16ga shooter for life, though. Can't tell you the number of times somebody asked, "What is that, a 20?" or said, "Nice gun for a girl." All semi's and pumps out there in the 50's; maybe the odd single shot. Nobody I knew in those days shot a double; not sure I ever even saw one.

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