My family has a Sportsman model in 16ga. It was my grandfathers quail hunting gun and I shot it a lot as a youth. It is about the same condition as the picture of yours. I loved to shoot that gun. Still in the family, my brother has it now.
The man really was a genius. Ive never had an Auto 5 or a 11, but my first firearm was a HiPower clone, and dispite some atiquated features it was a great pistol to learn on.
It's astonishing how far he was ahead of his time. How many of the foundational designs were his idea. 95% or so of handguns out there use his short recoil system, but nobody's seen a toggle action in yonks.
Ha! That would be pretty funny. It would be the complete counterexample to Arthur Dent, who could tell The Primitives of all the wonders of the modern age, but the only one he could actually make was a sandwich.
Purchased my model 11 in the early 80’s for $75. Still got it. Full choke.
What a glorious gun!
My family has a Sportsman model in 16ga. It was my grandfathers quail hunting gun and I shot it a lot as a youth. It is about the same condition as the picture of yours. I loved to shoot that gun. Still in the family, my brother has it now.
Those those humpback shotguns.
If I'm not mistaken, didn't Savage make a version as well?
I believe you're correct. The Model 720. I don't think I've seen one in the flesh, though.
The man really was a genius. Ive never had an Auto 5 or a 11, but my first firearm was a HiPower clone, and dispite some atiquated features it was a great pistol to learn on.
It's astonishing how far he was ahead of his time. How many of the foundational designs were his idea. 95% or so of handguns out there use his short recoil system, but nobody's seen a toggle action in yonks.
"The Rifleman" series, in which John Moses Browning forms a team to face off with HG Wells in a time travel war. 😁
You ought to write a time travel series about Browning being stranded in the 1800s and changing history. 😁
Ha! That would be pretty funny. It would be the complete counterexample to Arthur Dent, who could tell The Primitives of all the wonders of the modern age, but the only one he could actually make was a sandwich.