Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under

[Harry Collins]

It wasn't until I was in the Navy that I realized God made shotguns other than Parker and Winchester. I reach for the Parker's 98% of the time. I do enjoy my 2 1/2" chambered 20 gauge Model 12 from 1917, a Model 12 two barrel set 12 gauge, and a Model 97. I have a Mossberg 500 for dragging through the mud and canoe rides. Papa's Browning 425 12 and 28 are mostly for the grandchildren to borrow. There is a Beretta O/U double trigger 12 that sees daylight on occasions. If it's your Harum you are putting your boots under your bed arn't you?

[Bill Jolliff]

Originally Posted by Harry Collins

It wasn't until I was in the Navy that I realized God made shotguns other than Parker and Winchester.

Harry,

Speaking of the Navy, pictured below is the sometimes Sunday afternoon activity on the fantail of the ship I was on at the time. We shot a variety of guns and targets. Colt M1911's, M1 Garand's and side by side shot guns. Ithaca's I'm thinking. Targets were anything that would float long enough to shoot at.

Of course, we only did this while we were underway.

And by the way, the ship was a troop and dependent transport so if any of you lads and lassies happen to have a boat ride to or from Germany or England from NYC in the mid 1950's, we may have been your conveyance. The USS Gen. H. W. Butner T-AP 113.

Jolly