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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???


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Dreamed of a Wingmaster. Ended up with a Coast to Coast M 880...really a Mossberg 500. Couldn't complain...Dad bought it for me. In high school, sold the C to C to a friend, and bought a used Wingmaster. I've been a Wingmaster owner since then, and still love them. There was a time when I wanted an Ithaca side by side 20 gauge though...I believe a Model 200? Price kept me from fulfilling that dream.

If you still want a M 12....go get one! They are wonderful pump guns indeed.

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When I was very young I briefly owned a 20 gauge L.C. Smith that my grandfather kindly gave me. After a couple of months my dad took it and traded for something that he ended up keeping. I'm still trying to forgive him for the last 60 years.

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Winchester Model 42 - even though Dad "cruelly handicapped" me with a .410 (H&R Topper), I somehow managed to kill pheasants. When I saw a 42, I fell in love.


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I always wanted a nice English double, the first one I bought was 20 years ago, still have it, although I have bought and sold a dozen or more since!
It's a Westley Richards hammer double and it has killed more birds than any other gun I own.
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I wanted a Remington 1100 12ga as a kid. I never have owned one and I am over it now. I believe the first shotgun I did own was a Ithaca 37 in 12ga, just like my dads. I still have it.


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Ithaca 37. Both dad and big bro had one, so I wanted one too...

Still don't own one...


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I never really had a gun I wanted to own cause my dad didn't hunt. when I got in my late teens I had friends that hunted and I liked it but still didn't lust after any particular gun. when a buddie at work introduced me to duck hunting that all changed. I hunted with pumps and started wanting an auto. I shot other peoples autos till I shot a benelli M1 and I knew I had to have one. I traded a b rowning gold for one and ended up trading it for something and regreting it right away. it has been several years and I ended up with anothe M1 and will never make that mistake again. The first time I shot on I was in my early 20s now in my early 40s I guess I would have to say the benelli M1.


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Browning A5 and corncob styled pump Ithaca 37

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When I was a kid my granddad had a Fox SxS 16ga. Man oh man .... did I ever lust after that gun.
Sad part is he gave it to my uncle and some time later on it got sold. cry

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Browning BSS. My dad carried a 20ga version and I was convinced it was the best pheasant gun in the world. We hunted mostly tough public land and worked hard for each bird and it seemed like he never missed.

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My dad bought a Winchester model 12 right after he got out of the army in 1947. It was a 16 gauge and I wanted a 16 too. For Christmas 1959 he bought me an Ithaca 37, 16. I thought I had died and gone to heaven. Married my college sweetheart in 63 and a year later her a-hole brother broke into my house and stole all my guns. He fenced them to some pawn shop and I never saw them again. Hated that chit head to this day. Have owned quite a few 16's since then plus still have a couple of 37 16 gauges. Always wanted a really nice 16 double and last year fell into a beautiful Parker 16. Besides my wife and kids it's the love of my life.


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Back in the late 40's I wanted an Ithaca 20 ga. pump. I ended up with my Mom's old Model 20 .410 single shot. Shot my first pheasant with it. When I was a high school junior I purchased a new Mdl. 37 Winchester 12 ga. single. In the early 1970's I finally bought a new Ithaca 16 ga. pump with modified choke. Still have it. My go to grouse, chukar/quail gun.


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Easy for me. I ALWAYS wanted a Winchester Model 21 S/S Double Barrel 20ga


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Remington 870 20 ga in LH with mod choke but Remington didn't make it in the early 60's in the South Paw Version. As soon as they did i got one and still have one .


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A friend's dad had a model 12 16ga and an Ithaca model 37 16ga. I really liked both but the Ithaca intrigued me more with the bottom feed and ejection. I've got a model 12 12ga and a model 37 16ga.


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Originally Posted by Tackleman
My dad bought a Winchester model 12 right after he got out of the army in 1947. It was a 16 gauge and I wanted a 16 too. For Christmas 1959 he bought me an Ithaca 37, 16. I thought I had died and gone to heaven. Married my college sweetheart in 63 and a year later her a-hole brother broke into my house and stole all my guns. He fenced them to some pawn shop and I never saw them again. Hated that chit head to this day.


Never did get along with my brother-in-law. The guy drinks too much. But... damn... you sure did top that.


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A Browning Auto-5, 12 gauge.
No other shotgun has the feel, or the sound of the action closing like it does.


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As a kid you didn't see too many o/u guns at our little gun club. All we had was a trap range and most of the hot shooters had model 12's and auto 5s. Later the 1100 started showing up and the 870 was well represented. Model 37s were never that pilar with trap shooters as you had to load out of the magazine . Dad ahad a nice 37 in 16 ga and my older brother being a lefty had one too but I always wanted a auto 5 .as a kid. I enter up with a 870 16ga that I traded a saddle for. It was great gun but I foolishly traded it in my early 30s.

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