Dad shot a single shot hammer .410 that was given to him before the onset of WWII. He was expected to procure items for the meat pot, and with that gun and a bolt action .22, he didn't disappoint.
He was given a 12 gauge double of some sort during high school, which, he restocked and send down the road-heavy, was his term for it.
During a 30 year career in the USMC, Dad took Patton's advice to heart, and always used automatic shotguns and rifles.
The golden age of the double was the onset of the repeater, Thorny.
Best,
Ted
