Steel Shot Special at work on Cape Cod

[Kevin McCormack]

Years ago some duck shooters dropped a 12 ga. VH overboard in Shinnecock Bay, Long Island. A year or so later some oyster tongers brought it up and finally succeeded in opening it up to find it was still loaded. The "oyster telegraph" got started and the owner came and got it and sent it up to Del Grego for rehab. The gun apparently spent enough time under the mud in the cold water that all it required was the usual disassembly and cleaning and the wood spent a good deal of time in a dehumidifier cabinet before being refitted to the gun.