I wanted a side by side like my Dad shot (I had a single barrel 16 gauge). When my Dad bought a new Ithaca SKB semi-auto in the late 1960's he gave me his Springfield 5100 12 gauge - first gun I ever refinished (wears that finish still).


One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.
Archibald Rutledge