Hey guys,
A while back I posted my good news about the Shotgun inheritance...
It is still not in my possession, but my mother did me a favor and took it out of the bag and took a picture.
That is about all I am going to get her to do for me vis a vis this "old thing" as she calls it.
Here is an excerpt from the e-mail I received about the rifle...
The shot gun is a Newport 16 Ga., side-by-side double barrel. The forward trigger is for the modified choke and the back trigger is for full choke. Maybe the Internet can tell you if it is still made. The shells are at least 25 years old.
Uncle Paul and I started hunting together when I was 16(1948). He had the gun then. He was a good shot. Rarely used the full choke side.
I Noticed a little dirt inside the barrels; firing a couple shells should clean it out.
How funny is that last bit about cleaning out the barrel!? That's old school conventional wisdom.