My Mom's Iver Johnson Arms and Cycle Works .410 single shot. Bought with babysitting money in the 1930s and used to kill a boat load of skunks, rabbits, the occasional quail, miles of snakes, scads of squirrels, etc. It's in the back of my safe,waiting to be picked up by a nephew who has sons who will keep it in the family. Two of my sons have reproduced, but not one boy, or an intersted in firearms girl, in the whole lot. The gun is kind of brown, but locks up tight and ejects shells strongly. Nice wood too.
When my brother and I split up Dad's arsenal, I won the toss and took Mom's .410. He got the Winchester model 06 .22 pump, which I loved almost as much. I was able, about 20 years ago, to find an exact duplicate on consignment at Southwest Shooters (remember them?) for about $125. Now it's worth about $500. Unlike Dad's .22, this one is almost unused--still brown from neglect, but shoots very straight. If I had the original, I would reline the barrel and damn the cost.
About all my other guns are for sale (at real high prices), except for a Webley which belonged to a very old friend.
When my brother and I split up Dad's arsenal, I won the toss and took Mom's .410. He got the Winchester model 06 .22 pump, which I loved almost as much. I was able, about 20 years ago, to find an exact duplicate on consignment at Southwest Shooters (remember them?) for about $125. Now it's worth about $500. Unlike Dad's .22, this one is almost unused--still brown from neglect, but shoots very straight. If I had the original, I would reline the barrel and damn the cost.
About all my other guns are for sale (at real high prices), except for a Webley which belonged to a very old friend.