Approx. 1984, I boubht a Model 23 20 ga Pigeon XTR lightweight. It had a semi-beavertail and single trigger. Shortly after, I bought a VH 1 frame 16, and a Sterlingworth Deluxe 16--I still have both of those guns but sold the Winchester. Details are sketchy now but as I recall, Ernie Hausmann and Steve Cobb had stopped over at our cabin, along with another gent who was an attorney for the NRA.He was on his way out west to hunt with Wayne LaPierre and he made me an offer on the gun for just over what I had paid for it, and with few regrets I let it go.
Bottom line, I'd go with the Parker Repro
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"How kind it is that most of us will never know when we have fired our last shot"--Nash Buckingham
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