...am I. Hunted all my shotgunning life with an 870, originally for an intentional safety buffer as a loan hunter.
I noticed in the last couple of seasons I had been consistently short-shucking the gun, don’t know why. I had never had any true interest in semi-auto’s. But, while sitting on a log last Squirrel hunt, I seriously began considering one. I looked at my 870 & mused, “if only I could have this exact gun in semi-auto!?” Imagine how ignorant I felt when it finally occurred to me, in 2016, that an 1100 was under my nose the whole time.
Admittedly, I always appreciated my 870’s to the point of never even considering anything else. Once I decided on the switch I purchased three 1100’s well broken in. And, an NIB 1965 Browning Auto 5, Light Twelve.
Though, I love my new smoke poles, each one now reminds me of my foolishness.
