Neat story Perry. I apprecaite you sharing.
My first double was circa 2001, just out of college with a few nickels to rub together, I called on a newspaper add "Old Double barrel shotgun $200." I left the parking lot feeling like a train robber with my, possbily unfired, Stevens 5100. I learned how to shoot double triggers on that gun. I missed the first big TOM I ever called in on my own with it, and I took if from VA to NV to hunt Chuckar. It did the job and built the fire.