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Originally Posted by Dave Suponski
Steve, I'm with ya there. I just can't seem to stay with one gun either. I guess whats the sense of having a bunch of em if ya don't shoot them all. Lately though I have been shooting my new to me Skeet configured 12 gauge VH and the scores show when sticking to one gun. I also have a couple Model 12's a 12 gauge 2 barrel set and a great little 16. I'm kinda half-assed looking for a 20 to go with them. God this disease never let's up....  |
While I started my gun collection trying to acquire representative US rifles/muskets since 1776, I loved collecting old shotguns. It has to do with my early days shooting with my dad and his dad, days that I'd give anything to relive. While I'm sure no one will believe me, I cannot recall my father missing a single shot! I'm sure he did, but I don't recall any. His dad was no slouch either. My dad and his father hunted constantly during the Depression (Western Kansas). Decades later I'd dig around in my grandfather's basement and pull out boxes of old paper shells. I tried to shoot them. Most either didn't go off, or hanged fire. In those days, (the 1950's), shells cost a $1.35 a box. A case contained 20 boxes. Even at that price we didn't consider shells cheap.
Today skeet loads cost $7 a box and I consider them about the same price as I paid five decades ago. Shotshells have never been cheap.