I would rate my Grandfather's old 1890 vintage, heavy, Quality PH, 12-gauge as an old war horse. So the family legend goes he gave one of those new-fangled Winchester pump guns a try and was not enthralled, so in 1901 he took it to Kennedy Bros. in the Twin Cities and trade it for the 11-year-old Parker Bros. It then spent the next fifty plus years on a Minnesota farm where six boys were raised. It spent many years with Selous plates on the sides of the grip and finally was restocked by Grandpa's youngest sister's husband's brother who was a local gunsmith west of Minneapolis.

Uncle Art, the gunsmith, as many of the family did, moved to Seattle and he made my first .22, a Winchester Model 67 he restocked like a Model 70 Super-Grade and fitted with a Mossberg scope.

This is one of the most interesting and entertaining threads (?) that has recently appeared!! Old war horses are fun to saddle up and return to the field! I do it almost exclusively.