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Unread 07-03-2019, 09:48 AM   #1
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Saw this posted in in today’s Sporting Classics Daily. Great story Phil!

https://www.shotgunlife.com/shotguns...e-by-side.html
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Unread 07-03-2019, 10:06 AM   #2
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Great story! I'm a 311 fan.
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nice write up

must be someone who has a kid who could build new memories on top of GS' old ones
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Nice work Phil. Concerning the "GS" you may as well start at the top. How about George Strait or maybe George C. Scott
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I've enjoyed Phil's writing ever since his first contribution to Parker Pages, Winter 2015 Issue, "The Fox or the Parker".

Lately he has been sending his poetry, which I especially like.

Please keep writing Phil!




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i too have a soft spot for the old stevens doubles i have a 311 410 and a stevens 12 ga double....i really liked this storey and this gun.....charlie
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Excellent !
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Nice job Phil!
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I saw the article..and thought I would post a photo/story of my 311 20 gauge. Dad bought me a new Remington 510 in 1957 to shoot Jr. NRA in our town. I still have it. I thought I was ready for my first new shotgun, so all of 1959 I made my case to Dad. He was not as enthused as I was..(or so I thought)..All through December I searched the house for it..NO luck..But on Xmas morning..Dad went into my room and returned with the 311 . It had been under my bed for a week..NEVER thought to look there. I have a front page picture from our hometown paper (1960) with me and 2 friends..and a pile of pigeons that we killed on a Saturday morning when we used to have pigeon shoots..on US 40..to get some of them out of downtown shopping area...Years later I had Dennis Smith restock it in XXX wood..and shape a small beavertail. Oscar Gaddy made the triggerguard. The blue and color are original..It will be up to my oldest daughter which of the grandsons gets it..and others. Memories...... I have the original hang tag..It cost Dad $68.50 in Clay City, Indiana..
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What a great 311.
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