This is a story 40 years in the making.
When I was 16, I worked (and shot) at a Trap club. One Sunday, an older gentleman came to our club to shoot, and had a Ljutic Mono Gun. After he shot a couple rounds, he sat down for a rest in the clubhouse. He noticed me standing at the gun rack admiring (Ok, salivating over,) his shotgun. He noticed me looking at it, and asked if I wanted to shoot it. "Yes, I'd love to!" was my reply, and he told me to hold the bead
below the bird. I bought a box of Federal Papers (the same thing I saw him shoot in it) and after he showed me how to operate it, I went out and shot from the 20 yard line. (My handicap at the time) I ran them, and it felt like cheating! He seemed as pleased as I was that I'd done so, and I told him "I've got to get one of these! How much do they cost?" When he replied "$4000", I felt crushed, yet still elated that I had shot a 25 with the Ljutic. I vowed to myself then and there, that I would own one 'someday'. Well, I kept shooting my Dad's backup 1100 for another year until I turned 18, then a brand new 870, from then until I went into the Army. After that it was marriage, then kids. Well, the kids grew up, I am more solvent than I was then, and I had started back up shooting Trap. I shot my 870 the first year and part of the second, then I was able to afford anther Trap gun I'd wanted, an 1100 Competition Synthetic. Shot that last year, bettered my average, and then things just fell into place for me to acquire this Ljutic. While I haven't ran them with this one
yet, I've come as close as possible many times already. Maybe Thursday night.
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