I have a single shot but would like to have that second barrel if needed...:)

We had a Remington single shot .22 smoothbore for a barn gun when I was a kid in south central Illinois. Shot bird shot (snake shot) and it was deadly, still have .22 bird shot in my truck.

the stevens is a good choice..the side by side or as brian suggested a 22 over 410 is a good varmint gun...charlie

Around 1978, my dad was holding a NAVHDA field trial and forgot to bring a gun, so he ran into KP Firearms (Who remembers Jerry Kaiser?) and told him he needed something cheap that went bang. Jerry soldd him a Nitro Special .410 for $50. He grew to like it, and bought a better one. That fifty dollar gun sold at Baltimore a few years ago for $1600.

Several years ago I walked into "Bob's Gun Shop" in Alpena, MI. Let's just say it's not your typical small town gun shop. Looking at the rack behind the counter sat a straight stocked, VHE in 410 with looong barrels. I ask the young fellow behind the counter if I could see the gun and he said, "sure" and as he handed me the gun he said "that's a pretty expensive shotgun" so, acting dumb (not hard for me to sound convincing), I said, "really?" The young man said, "yep, that one's $1,500." I ask if he would take a check and he got a little nervous and said, that he would have to call Bob and make sure. I suggested he check the tag and his face get's red. $15,000. Oops. I'm not sure I could have held a pen steady enough to write a check it he would have said, "sure."

Guy at a gun show last week had a 24 in 22over410 for $600.

Here is a photo from today.Snipe are here but not in great numbers but found a few to take home.
This is a CZ ringneck in 410 28"barrels.

For that purpose, I would track down a vintage Stevens .22/.410 over under.

Older Stevens 311 or Fox Model B, same gun, different name.

My Ithaca Lefever Nitro Express .410, with my 32" VHE field gun.
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