When I was 14, I limited on pheasants before any of the adult men got a bird. I was as fast with a shotgun then as 14 year olds are today with video games.
But now old and slow at 65, I realize the 1897 Win is a disadvantage with the slippery little hammer safety and 100 parts involved in cycling.
The Browning A5, designed by the same guy just a few years later, is a much better shotgun.
