mine is pretty simple. Since I was just a lad, I have been quite an avid hunter. Or my 14th birthday my dad gave me a brand new Ithaca model 37 shotgun. Being from western NY there is no other gun option to consider.
(and while the gun was nice and all) In the box was a brochure from Ithaca on another gun, which was new and of limited production. I immediately began lusting for this ultimate shotgun. It was a 10 gauge, chambered for 3 1/2 inch shells with a 36 inch long barrel, the Ithaca MAG10. Unobtainable as a kid due to cost (I probably could not have actually used the thing at the time) the gun was only made for 10 years and then the patents sold to another company who 'watered down' the gun.

I now own (and hunt with) several of these weapons in various OEM configurations.

I started with this username on a shotgun forum some years back an have continued with it on other forums as well.

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