Just thought I would share this story with those that could appreciate the old school stuffâ¦I have never been to a turkey shoot before in my life, until last night. I was invited to go and shoot even though I knew nothing of how it goes. Sadly, I traded the only shotgun I had on the ODT a couple of weeks agoâ¦or so I thought. In a tight I call my father and explained my predicament to him and to my surprise he passed down my great grandfathers shotgun at that very momentâ¦now he explained that the gun hadnât been fired in 2 decades. So, I rode and picked it up, itâs a Stevens tool and die company,32" barrel that dates from the late 1800-1915 according to all resources available. Unsure as to the condition and function, powered by desperation for a shotgunâ¦I cleaned it and fired itâ¦Ouchâ¦it kicked like a muleâ¦look closeâ¦newly acquired limb saver pad. Anyway, to my surprise it holds a considerably good pattern. The lock up was questionable at times. There were at times several fail to fire incidents I attributed to the lock up problem. When I arrived at the shoot, the stares and smirks at the old Stevens sitting in the rack next to all thoseâ high performanceâ shotguns was quickly turned around when it took the bacon⦠Literallyâ¦on the first round. Having to aim above the target 8â @ 30 yards proved to be a challenge consistently. This again I attributed to the lockup problem. A few FTF/ FTE... (Had to pry out with my knife) problems really got the crowd going. All things considered, the gun won 5 times out of 12 rounds 3 by me and 2 by my buddy who gave up on his modified 870 with his 120 dollar screw in choke w/ scopeâ¦Ironically, my great Grandfather used to feed his family during the great depression with that very same gun, three generations laterâ¦it did it once againâ¦Its value is about 75.00â¦to me right now pricelessâ¦
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