S |
M |
T |
W |
T |
F |
S |
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
12
|
13
|
14
|
15
|
16
|
17
|
18
|
19
|
20
|
21
|
22
|
23
|
24
|
25
|
26
|
27
|
28
|
29
|
30
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 members (dukxdog, azgreg, 1 invisible),
327
guests, and
2
robots. |
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
Forums10
Topics38,939
Posts550,918
Members14,460
|
Most Online1,344 Apr 29th, 2024
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 1,826 Likes: 12
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 1,826 Likes: 12 |
In 1958 when I turned 12, my dad gave me a 16ga Stevens double. Back when I started trap shooting it was a 870, then a BT-99. That was in the 70s. Quit that after 3 or 4 years and finally got back into shooting clay birds when the wife suggested we should around 2000. I've been buying SxSs ever since. I've bought and sold a number of them over the years and at about 15 right now. The one thing I enjoy is shooting old American made SxSs, especially the ones with Damascus barrels.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 1,531 Likes: 20
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 1,531 Likes: 20 |
My dad's only shotgun was a 16 gauge Stevens Springfield sxs. At age 12 I killed my first pheasant with that gun, the weight of the barrels pulling my swing through the bird's flight path to provide enough lead. Must have been the unluckiest pheasant in Pennsylvania that day. I was hooked from then on.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 9,825 Likes: 101
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 9,825 Likes: 101 |
started with a 16 gauge stevens 311a...my dad bought it for me in 1953 for my tenth birthday...
first gun i ever had with case colors...been hooked ever since...
keep it simple and keep it safe...
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 2,999 Likes: 113
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 2,999 Likes: 113 |
jOe; Neat thread. I started with a Model 17 Remington when I was about 8 years old. I grew up shooting skeet, so it was Remington 1100 and O/U for many moons. After my Dad died about 30 years ago, I got hooked on SxS shotguns, because Im an upland game hunter. They are the prettiest of guns and are a gentlemans upland gun. Started out with a Model 21 and then jumped to the English guns. I can shoot a SxS pretty well, but never quite as good as an O/U. If I really want to kill grouse, I take my Browning Superposed 20 ga. Quail are a lot easier to hit, so no problem shooting them with a SxS. One caveat.....a gun must fit me pretty close to ideal dimensions to be good for me, no matter if O/U or SxS.
Socialism is almost the worst.
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 405 Likes: 32
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 405 Likes: 32 |
Reading the above posts, Im wondering how many kids today get a shotgun for their 10th to 12th year old birthday.
About 2005 read the McIntosh book Best guns ever made in America , down the rabbit hole from there. Maybe, I could just find one of each and stop there. Yeah right. No one warned me about the British gun addiction.
HWK
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 15,457 Likes: 88
Sidelock
|
OP
Sidelock
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 15,457 Likes: 88 |
Joe, if your interest in them is "pretty much lost" then why are you here?
Just to make your life a living hell untill you make a donation. Last I checked this is place is called Double Gun Forum...not SxS Forum. Fact is I've not lost interest in double barrels.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 6,996 Likes: 493
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 6,996 Likes: 493 |
Joe, if your interest in them is "pretty much lost" then why are you here?
Just to make your life a living hell untill you make a donation. Last I checked this is place is called Double Gun Forum...not SxS Forum. Fact is I've not lost interest in double barrels. Now Frank, for once in your life, you started a decent thread. Why ruin it? Shitting on your own thread is just plain stupid. As for making my life a living hell, good luck with that. Actually, I'm finding you entertaining, marveling at your stupidity and ignorance. How low can you go? We will find out.
_________ BrentD, (Professor - just for Stan) =>/
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 6,996 Likes: 493
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 6,996 Likes: 493 |
Reading the above posts, Im wondering how many kids today get a shotgun for their 10th to 12th year old birthday.
I think maybe a whole bunch of them get guns, but perhaps not shotguns. It is pretty easy to find kids as young as 5 or 6 shooting deer on youtube videos that are posted on forums. Seems like most kids shoot a deer for their first hunting experience these days.
_________ BrentD, (Professor - just for Stan) =>/
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 398 Likes: 19
Sidelock
|
Sidelock
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 398 Likes: 19 |
Joe, if your interest in them is "pretty much lost" then why are you here?
Just to make your life a living hell untill you make a donation. Last I checked this is place is called Double Gun Forum...not SxS Forum. Fact is I've not lost interest in double barrels. Now Frank, for once in your life, you started a decent thread. Why ruin it? Shitting on your own thread is just plain stupid. As for making my life a living hell, good luck with that. Actually, I'm finding you entertaining, marveling at your stupidity and ignorance. How low can you go? We will find out. Um... Seems to me you are the one going off topic... Why blame jOe? Does he aggravate you that much?
Dumb, but learning...Prof Em, BSc(ME), CAE (FYI)
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 15,457 Likes: 88
Sidelock
|
OP
Sidelock
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 15,457 Likes: 88 |
This thread was doing just fine till BrentD the free loader showed up...
|
|
|
|
|