Lo Dave: The Winchester 101: During the VN War I spent some time at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan. We had a trap/skeet club. The squadrons encouraged the pilots to shoot. So over I went.
Some of these guys shot constantly. Old Navy Chiefs, some senior Marines. A few pilots. We bought our guns on base. All Japanese made. We had three kinds available. The Winchester 101, the SKB O/U (can't recall the designation, but they were nicely engraved guns) and the Miroku. I bought a Diamond Grade Miroku because it looked like a Superposed, a gun I had always yearned for and could not afford.
The most popular gun was the SKB and the least the 101. They popped their ribs. Now these guys shot a lot! Hundreds and hundreds of rounds a week. It was cheap. Everything was cheap. We had nothing else to do in our spare time. If we had any. I didn't get to shoot all that much, but my gun held up fine and I still own it. It's a 12. My wife loves it.
Steve
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