I can remember going into a pawn or gun shop or show and there would me a ton of the old Revelation, Ted Williams, New Haven, Western Field, Sears, Belknap, and other named shotguns. If you knew your stuff you could get a store brand version of what you wanted for a fraction of a name brand.
Now since I'm older and looking sometimes for the guns of my youth, they're all gone. One will pop up every now and then. Are they all patiently waiting in a safe or closet somewhere to be given to a grandkid or one more hunt? Or have they succumbed to the ravages of time and been sent to the smelter by those who would confiscate them and the younger folks that don't appreciate them?
Now since I'm older and looking sometimes for the guns of my youth, they're all gone. One will pop up every now and then. Are they all patiently waiting in a safe or closet somewhere to be given to a grandkid or one more hunt? Or have they succumbed to the ravages of time and been sent to the smelter by those who would confiscate them and the younger folks that don't appreciate them?