My first firearm was a shotgun and it was a Savage Stevens .410 SxS my father gave me for Christmas at age 11. I learned firearms safety and how to hunt with that shotgun. I moved up to a Savage Stevens 12ga SxS when I was 16. Thirty five years later, that same .410 was the first shotgun my daughters ever fired. My oldest daughter (18) now calls it hers along with a French 16ga side by side I gave her this year. My youngest daughter (16) has a 20ga side by side (her first shotgun) I gave her last year.
I have owned several other types of shotguns, but to sum it up I was a side by side shooter long after they fell out of fashion, I continue to shoot them now that they are back in fashion and I will shoot them for the rest of my days (no matter the popular opinion).
Doug
