Shotguns!

A sort of a repost from February this year. The always talented Brigid has an excellent review of the Remington 870 up. A lurker I spoke with tonight commented that "she covered it like a blanket". Coming from my curmudgeon at large I would consider that high praise.  

So after traveling to "Banjo Country" I see more mail:

 

And then of course I did have to get up close and personal with what came out of the red box (not the one at the quickie mart silly).

Here is the Winchesterburg 500 Super X Pump shotgun out of the box:

Works like it should and although not the sporting type of shotgun it will do what I need it to do. There is an 870 Wingmaster around if I care enough to send the very best!

More importantly it allows me to retire this:

 

One of my very good friends allowed me to "borrow" this. It did not work reliably at first, but after a new magazine spring and removal of the plug ( a sawed off broomstick), cleaning  and lubrication this thing shot like new!

It is a JC Higgins Model 20 Pump Shotgun. Yep, Sears, Roebuck and Company on the barrel. Over 50 years old and still is a working definition of a "Boomstick".

Here is the Wingmaster: