Kidvett, my first shotgun was a cased side-by-side Cogswell and Harrison. It was given to me by my grandfather at the age of 12. Used to hunt quail and ruffed grouse through my early youth, I sold it when 18 to help pay tuition. It seems that my family was moneyed but I wasn't.
I still keep an eye peeled for that C&H at gunshows. I now shoot a Webley-Scott twenty and a couple of Merkel twelves O/U and SxS. The most recent is a Luftwaffe marked 203(?).
Grouse are getting hard and I am now dogless...anybody have a line on a really good GSHP pup?
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