Which are yours?

[George "Scott" Davis]

I understand the connection with our family gifts. My dad died when I was very young and mother gave away his only gun: .22 single shot Westernfield. He used it on the farm in central Illinois to kill predators and hogs for butchering. Years later (I was adult) decided I was going to locate his .22. When I found the gun, barrel and action were being used as a stir rod in a paint shop and the stock was in a stack of scrap lumber. The shop owner gave me the gun and now it's in the vault after total restoration wearing a Lyman Alaskan 2 1/2 scope. My grandson wants only this .22 and my Springfield Trapdoor 45/70.

[Researcher]

Both are 12-gauge, 28-inch barrel, straight grip, Ansley H. Fox doubles. "Meat-in-the Pot" my 1914-vitage A-Grade that has been my go-to upland gun since 1966.

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Opening weekend 1966 I mostly shot ducks with the Super-Fox I got in 1963, but I did have time for a couple of walks to collect my first rooster with "Meat in the Pot."

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The other is my 1937 vintage Fox Sterlingworth Ejector Skeet & Upland Game Gun I got in May 1991, but didn't really start shooting much until I retired in October 2002.

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Since then it has digested tens of thousand of my 7/8-ounce STS loads.