Originally Posted by
pangloss
That's a really pretty shotgun!
My dad has a Beretta O/U Golden Snipe from the early 1970s. It's full over full with 30" barrels and has had a very rough life. The finish on the wood is mostly gone and the checkering is worn smooth. On rare occasion it will double on him. When he was younger that didn't matter much, but the last time it happened he was standing on the muddy edge of a pond shooting at woodduck dropping down through the trees and the double recoil knocked him down. Thankfully, his 74 year old pride was all that was injured but he was furious and made up his mind to sell the gun. After I convinced him to keep it, I took it to the gunsmith to have it looked over, and the only problem the gunsmith could find was 50 years worth of grime inside the receiver. The gun hasn't doubled again since then, but I'm not sure he's hunted with it since then either. Thanks for listening.