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.