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Dave Noreen 08-05-2025 09:13 PM

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I have no such memories. My folks were of the opinion those little guns were cripplers, and I was started right out with my mother's J. Stevens 12-gauge double that was marked RANGER on the side of the frame. She got it in the early 1930s. The original J. Stevens bent piece of metal trigger guard was rough on her middle finger so a shirttail great uncle of mine who was a gunsmith redid the stock to a straight grip with a quality long back-strap trigger guard. Even at thirteen I had to use a lace-on pad for more length --

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Stan Hillis 08-06-2025 09:44 PM

My favorite single shot. Iver Johnson Special Trap, 32", VR, external hammer. The poor man's trap gun.

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Bill Murphy 08-07-2025 04:00 AM

I wish I had my Iver Johnson Special Trap again. However my old gun lives forever in the great book written about single trap guns by Frank Conley. I wonder who owns it now.

Stan Hillis 08-07-2025 09:56 PM

I have a copy of that book, Bill, and have viewed your old gun often.


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