Thread: Notes for Old Codgers

@john m - great pics on p2. What is that old codger cannon - old side by side hammer rifle with the large cartridges. What is it - some details please. I'd say alot of us have have had older firearms - and many will still have them.

The one oldie still in my closet is a Savage Stevens side by side 12g from about 1930-35. Very much a bread and butter shottie 90 years ago, but still absolutely deadly on bunnies with Eley 3s and 4s. Kicks like a bloody horse esp when you don't have time or right angle for proper cheek weld when speed shooting from truck. Have shot vast numbers with it and usually end up with swollen cheek - but wouldn't feel right taking some other shottie out of the closet. Earned its place..