Never mind that my first shotgun was a piece of junk! My first double-gun was an old Hopkins & Allen 12-gauge side-by-side with 2-1/2 inch chambers and slightly bulged right barrel. I had a goal in mind, and it had just become a reality. I was going to buy the first affordable side-by-side I found. and a whole lot of other people too, I imagine.Īs soon as I decided I was going to hunt birds, I knew I had to get an old double-gun. Or perhaps it was those vintage ammo-tin ads up at the old gun shops–the ones with the quintessential upland hunting scene! Y’know? The ones with the plaid-clad gentleman, steady behind his pointing-dog, pheasant bursting from the tall grass. Old cowboy flicks where hammered coach-guns were backing up the hero in the final duel? Action movies from the 80s and 90s where the greased-up muscle dude had a sawed-off double? Maybe that pile of old hunting magazines my dad had in the garage with articles about old doubles. I don’t know where the fascination started, really. Not one of those over/unders, but a classical side-by-side. I dreamed of owning a vintage double-barreled shotgun since I was kid. I clutched the cold-vintage steel and wood in my clammy hands. The Damascus twist-barrels glistened grey and brown in the late morning autumn sun. Exploring the vintage shotgun market of the American classic pump shotgun
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