First shotgun
 

My first shotgun was an Ithaca 37 20 gauge, ya know the greatest pump shot gun ever produced :corn:

It is a King Ferry produced Mdl 37, 2 3/4” or 3”, and it is a straight grip. I shot quite a few dove, squirrel and duck with it, just never took a liking to straight grip stocks.

Stan Hoover

Stan, do you still have that 37?

Still have it?

I do, haven’t shot it in a few years. I would have probably started Shane with it but by then I was in to the SXS’s and picked up Ithaca/Lefever A grade that he still shoots.

We had a no side by side clays shoot at my duck club this week. Guys shot their pumps and autos that they had not shot in years, big fun! We did have to coach the pump shooters to pump between pairs LOL! I shot my model 11 and was a little unnerved by the mechanism recycling between shots.

Twenty years ago or more at my Skeet club I bought an A5 twenty gauge from a friend. I shot one round of Skeet with it and insisted he take it back. I hated the “bangclang” with every shot. I haven’t shot a repeater since that night.





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That is my downfall when picking up a pump now, I occasionally forget to pump and it only goes bang once:rolleyes:

While I understand the cycling of an A-5 try shooting skeet with a 410 1100 I always noticed the action movement over the nonexistent recoil .

I hate pickin the hulls up off the ground !

I killed my first deer with a 94 Winchester I borrowed from my grandmother. I killed my first bird with a Savage A-5 type, maybe a 775, borrowed from my dad. I like and have always liked: Winchester rifles, Colt handguns and American side by side doubles. I eventually ended up with only those once I sold off an English shotgun, a couple of pumps and auto shotguns, my S & W revolvers and my Remington rifles. Well, I still do have one Luger and one Freedom arms. I’m currently changing my views and looking for a Superposed and a 37T. Regarding double shotguns, I own more Parkers than any other make but sure like my Ithacas, my Lefever and my Winchester 21 better yet for some reason.

I like them all. I have just as much fun with the Remington Model 17, 28-inch, solid rib, imp. cyl. that was $200 out the door of my local pawn shop as a Model 21.