I was probably 12 years old when I first got to fire a shotgun. My Uncle had a .410 (I could not tell you what it was) and my Dad had an Ithaca 12ga. pump. After a couple of shots out of the .410 my brother and I wanted to shoot the 12. We were not very good with either gun but we thought it more mocho to be able to shoot the 12. We were told that the .410 was for experts but we might not be able to handle the "men's gun". It was important to show that you were a man, or atleast we thought so. Then my Dad aquired his father's 20ga. Beretta Silver Snipe which we both loved to shoot because it was lighter and smaller. We actually shot it OK because it was easier to handle. And since we had already shown that we were manly enough to shoot the 12 it then became more important to hit something so the Beretta became the gun of choice. I still don't own a .410 of my own.
Bill G.
