Mike's article in the Parker Pages has me looking at shooting some black powder. It looks like it would be a blast to try. I think I will call Jerry Andrews to see if he has time to look this ole beater over and have it back in time for the second part of our duck season. I have used him before and he has pretty quick turn around and he is a heck of a nice guy. You know my late father always said "boys take care of your guns and they will last a life time" and I never really gave it much thought until I started buying some older shotguns that you know was used for hunting for food to possibly survive. I can picture the guy that owned this gun first going out at daylight and hunting till dark almost daily killing food for his family and for market and I bet the first or second thing he did when he got home from a long day of hunting was clean his gun. Its still hard to believe a working mans shotgun 130years old has survived to hopefully be shot again to put meat on the table. I guess it just goes to show how well built these shotguns are and If you take care of them they will last for more than one lifetime.
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