I went into a miltia surplus store in the town I live in, and it is run by an older guy in his 70s and his son. The day I went there, the buisness was slow, so only the older gentleman was there. I had been there a few times before, and alot of his stuff was dirt cheap, but his guns I never paid much attention to because he only had about 5 or 6. One of the guns was a .22 (Maybe a remington) that was modeled after the M1 garand, and it was almost $400! But then, I saw it in all it's greatness. A military 12 Gauge shotgun. I had held my grandfathers guns before, but NOTHING like this. It was ALOT heavier than the 12 gauges I had held before. This one was close to 20 pounds! When I first wlaked in, the old man caught my stare and said "Can I help you?". I asked him if I could hold the 12 Gauge. To my surprise he said yes to that 13 year old kid drooling over it. It was a great moment in manhood. Don't have much reason to this post, I just thought I'd share it. Anyone else have moments like this?

 

I guess not

 

Its 8 pounds. If I was holding a shotgun that weighed as much as a M240 I would probably wonder how they hung 10-15 pounds of **** off of it.

 

I know, it was an exageration. I was just sharing

 

Yeah, I remember handling one of my father's shotguns when I was about 8 or so.( Under close supervision of course.) The wooden stock seemed like it was made of polished granite, shiny and very heavy. Think I'll have to check out the 12gauges next time I'm in wally world, Cabela's, or Swede's (gunsmith)