Just about every gunshop and pawnshop in America has a few old cheap single barreled shotguns for sale. Often they were made by Savage or Stevens and the most common gauges are 12 and 20. 16 gauge and 410 can also be found. So when looking through the offerings at a local shop I really wasn't paying much attention to the half dozen single barreled guns on their rack. But one caught my eye. Light and trim, I thought it was a 410 but to my surprise it was a 28 gauge in wonderful condition with a plain walnut butt stock and a beautiful figured walnut forend.

To my surprise, it was priced the same as the other single barreled guns in more common gauges. The owner admitted, as I was buying it, that he had never seen another. Neither had I.

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I can't think of a better gun for hunting grouse in the mountains where you may walk a lot of miles for each grouse you see. Just wondered if they are as uncommon as I think.