I’ve got a Stevens Model 24 in .22/.410. It belonged to my GrandPapa. He bought sometime in the 1940s so he could shoot rabbits in his garden from his front porch. I’ve killed a bunch of rabbits and squirrels with it as a kid.

My Uncle Paul had it next after Papa died. It was promised to me next but my cousin-in-Law took it when Uncle Paul died. I drove from East Texas to North Carolina to buy it back from him for $125.

Not quite as good of a deal as Duke got but I’m sure glad I got it !!! Every time I hold it, it reminds me of Papa teaching me to shoot it, how to whistle, how to cast a rod & reel, etc.
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"Filet that fish? Hell naw! I'll scale him, gut him, fry him up in grease, take him by the head and tail, and play him like a French Harp!" - Uncle Paul sometime in the 60s.