This is the famous shotgun that Dad made all of us boys learn the ropes of hunting with. When we turned 11 years old, this was the first gun we could carry on the big hunts. Up to then, the only other gun we got to carry before this was our Daisy BB guns. This was a big step and we all couldn't wait for the day we got to carry a real gun. We all counted down the days until our big 11th birthday. The only problem was this wasn't really a real gun either. We didn't figure this out until we started hunting with it however. It was a 410 and it couldn't kill a rooster if you were 5 yards from it. The shells were skinny and small. The other problem was it carried only one shell. If you look closely at the picture, before it would shoot you had to pull back the hammer on the top before pulling the trigger. Now we all know when a rooster flies up you have to be quick. There was no way you were going to be able to pull the hammer back, aim and shoot and expect to hit anything in real time. But that was the rule. Brian got to use it first, then came along Chris, and finally Matt. Dad was pretty smart. He knew this gun couldn't hurt anything or anybody so that is why we had to all carry it until we were old enough to buy a real gun like a 12 gauge. We learned to be safe with it and always point the barrel to the ground just in case it accidentally went off.
I remember we all had to buy are own first real gun. Brian started the mess by buying his therefore Chris and I didn't stand a chance of not following suit. It took me a while to collect enough money to buy one so I was stuck with the 410 for quite awhile. To this day Brian and I still have our first 12 gauge shotguns. We paid our own hard earned money for them. Huey being a gunsmith traded his off and who knows where it is now or what he got in exchange. I think he traded off the famous 410 shotgun also and it wasn't even his to trade. I think he ended up getting one of those old junker cars he used to drive in the early years..
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