Must have been about 16-17 years ago. I was a hunter, my only gun was a Browning pump (still have it with 4 different barrels for all types of hunting).
I was on a vacation in Maine and always spent a few afternoons wandering around the Kittery Trading Post. I was looking at new rifles, Win. 94's I think but the KTP always had stuff put on the racks wherever it would fit. I looked down and there was a SxS with a dog engraved on it. Caught my interest, I didn't know enough to be sure it was sound so I didn't buy it but started reading up. Of course it was an Ithaca Field Grade, and after I learned enough to be dangerous my first few SxS's were Ithaca's.
