Dad's Springfield 16 S×S was first shotgun I hunted with. Lil brother rusted the thing bad.
FIrst shotgun I bought was during high school was an 870 12 ga. one of the new 3 inch maggies. Got imp cyl barrel for slugs and put a Hastings barrel on it when steel shot required. Don't know how many thousand rounds I put through the thing but I still use it when weather is bad or mud expected.
Lost a few others in canoing accidents over the years.
