Ok,I'll throw my 2 cents worth in here. I haven't owned a shotgun or been hunting in 20 years. Took my daughter's lab pup for some runs and I've got the bug again. I bought 3 guns this years, a 16 vh , 12 ph , and a 16 ghe. The ghe just arrived at Bachelder's today and haven't seem it yet. I think I've got each one at a fair price. I look at GI and GB daily. Compared to the shape mine are in there's a lot of beat up guns listed at 1000 to 1500 more than I paid. There are some dealers out there that are grossly overpriced. In my unlearned opinion the guns here are always fairly priced i wish i could afford collectables but I'll have to stick with shooters. 2 cents is about all I've go left in the budget for this year. There's still a couple I'd like to get just for hunting, a 16, 26" barrels for woodcock and a 12 30" for late season pheasants.
As to younger hunters. My oldest daughter's husband ,out of the blue , said hs wants to go bird hunting. After much internet searching he settled on a gsp. I think he'd be fine just going to pheasant, quail farms. Im going to try to take him to some of the places i used to go woodcock and grouse hunting . The last time i was at their house he showed me a 870 he's got. My god,it felt like a lead pipe filled with cement. I told him i got a couple of sxs's 100 yeras old. Aren't you afraid they're gonna blow up was his response and he's never even heard of Damascus. I think there's a chance i can convert him unlike my youngest daughter who's all camo plastic and ducks. When i get my ghe home I'm ill let him handle his and then mine and tell him if you want to be a upland bird hunter these are the classic upland bird hunting guns. Try it ,you might like it.
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