I was out to Vancouver Island over the Xmas holidays to visit my father and while there he decided I should take his guns home as he figures he will not be hunting again which is likely a safe bet since he hasn't hunted since around 1980 or 81? So here is a video I put together of the first shotgun he purchased as a youngster living in the New Liskeard, Ont. area walking old logging roads "potting partridge" that I am now in possession of. The gun is a Mossberg 183D-C with interchangeable external threaded chokes. The video is a bit lengthy and long winded, lol to be sure due to sentimental reasons obviously and talking about background history but maybe some of you will enjoy it?
Here is a couple more Dad passed onto me during our latest visit.
This is a pair of Laurona's (Spanish mfg) my father bought used years ago. I don't know how many rounds have been fired through the SxS but not many, it's virtually new. The gun wears 30" bbls choked F/M with 3" chambers, has dual triggers and sports a Pachmayr recoil pad installed by Steve Holborn about 11 years ago. The original was dried and hard as a nail.
The O/U has some sentimental attachment for me as it was my very first duck hunting partners gun. He purchased it new in 1968 at a Simpson Sears store after his Browning Twelvette ( 2 shot autoloader) was stolen from inside his parked car as he was dropping his Uncle off at home after a weekend of duck hunting. He shot the O/U every season before selling it to my father around 1982 and moving himself into a new Remington 1100. He passed away in early part of winter 2023 at 80 years of age.
The O/U saw a pile of heavy rounds fired by my hunting partner but it still locks up tight as a vise and again my father hasn't hunted in well over 30 years so the gun has likely not been fired since the early 80's. Surprised me again when Dad pulled out the original hang sleeve for the O/U with the factory proof house certification within! The O/U sports 28" bbls choked F/M with 3" chambers and dual triggers.
The triggers on the O/U are unique in that you use whichever trigger you prefer for both shots, they act the same way as a single selective trigger in that inertia resets them for the second shot and you choose the trigger you want for the barrel you want to shoot first in lieu of the gun not having a barrel selector. Kind of a different idea and I do not imagine cheaper to manufacture compared with a single trigger with selector with having to set up dual triggers with what I can only assume is dual inertia blocks?
Both guns are around the same time period of manufacture.
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