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Post by rdj94a on Wed Nov 16, 2011 8:30 am

I have been looking for a particular model shotgun for 30 plus years. My grandfather owned a 16 ga early model 870 with the round grooved forearm, I took alot of game with this growing up. I finally found one and got it yesterday. It was like finding an old friend. Many happy memories that I hopefully will pass to my grandson. I was also lucky enough to find two full boxes of Peters 16 ga to go with it. Morale of the story never give up, it's out there somewhere!!!

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Post by Brutus on Wed Nov 16, 2011 4:23 pm

rdj94a wrote:I have been looking for a particular model shotgun for 30 plus years. My grandfather owned a 16 ga early model 870 with the round grooved forearm, I took alot of game with this growing up. I finally found one and got it yesterday. It was like finding an old friend. Many happy memories that I hopefully will pass to my grandson. I was also lucky enough to find two full boxes of Peters 16 ga to go with it. Morale of the story never give up, it's out there somewhere!!!

Neat story.

Remember the old Peters ads with the black Lab with a box of shells in his mouth?

That's been a day or two ago.

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Re: Hunting memories

Post by rdj94a on Wed Nov 16, 2011 5:52 pm

yah telling on myself

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Post by 3spop on Wed Nov 16, 2011 6:43 pm

you can't post that and not give us any pictures!

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Post by csa 357 on Wed Nov 16, 2011 8:18 pm

if i remember correct, i bought those shells at tg&y for $2.50a box man those were the days!

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Re: Hunting memories

Post by Brutus on Thu Nov 17, 2011 3:23 pm

Kind of surprising how quickly I found this in an image search on Google under "Peters shotgun shells". From back in the early 80's if I recall correctly.

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Re: Hunting memories

Post by rdj94a on Thu Nov 17, 2011 3:49 pm

yep that's it

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Post by csa 357 on Thu Nov 17, 2011 4:17 pm

yea they were like that in the late 70s too, bought a bunch of them for my ole 870 12 ga

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Pic of 870

Post by rdj94a on Thu Nov 17, 2011 5:40 pm

She is a plain Jane, but one hellva shotgun



Always dead on which you shouldered it.



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