When I was starting to hunt seriously at about age 12, I begged my folks for a model 12 Winchester in 16 ga. with a modified choke for Christmas.. I didn't get it.. My next real lust was a couple years later I wanted a model 12 Winchester in 12 ga. 28 inch modified.. I knew where there were several fine used model 12's well with in my price range.. But my father pushed me into buying a pump gun from a mail order cat. so I would have a "new" gun.. Should have bought the model 12.. After all these years, and dozens of shotguns later, those are the two I have never owned or hunted with.. I often wonder if I had bought or gotten either, if I would have kept it all my life???
What shotgun did you want most as a beginning sportsman???
