Thanks for the info. I forgot to mention the shops i frequented. One was Campbell's Hardware on Long Hill Road in Groton. He had quite a collection of guns for sale, including Brownings. I bought my MEC 600 Jr. and components from a shop about four miles south of Norwich on the west bank of the Thames. It was operated by a guy name Joe Donovan. He had a Ponsness Sizeomatic reloading press set up. It was something to watch. It would crank out a loaded shell as fast as he could put the empties in. He had a Colt Trooper for sale for $94.00. i almost bought it. There was a gunsmith in Norwich I took my rifle to have the bolt handle bent low and to have the action drilled and tapped for scope mounts. The Navy had shootsoff for the district for trapshooting. Each district would send their best shooters to Lakeheart, New Jersey for atlantic fleet competition. The first one was in Peekskill, New York. They were giving olut new boxes of Double AAs. We were shootign modified International Trap (six man squad and two shots). The next one was held at a facility that was opperated by Yale in East Lyme. It rained the day we shot. I had problems with the Browning, as there were times it would not fire the second round when I pulled the trigger. i never got to Lordship.
