John,
Mine were like your 311s, sadly mine were destroyed in a fire. *sniff*
20 ga 311s just "are" - then again you know about this. *grin*.
Oh I still show up, get tossed one, or whine, beg, grovel, plead and bribe to use one...
Sometimes just to tote walking the property, with no intent of actually shooting game, with a dawg doing what dawgs do, or holding hands with some gal, or with kids taking in all there is to be taken in...
Shoot some clays, fell doves, small game, do a bit of pest control ....
I dunno, sometimes just having a 311, or any Stevens in the room to look at, or pick up and think of people, places, dawgs and memories.
311s and Stevens do all this so well...