My obsession was started by my grandpa. When I was 10 my grandpa and my uncle took me on my first dove hunt. My grandpa had a well worn 00 grade LC Smith 12ga my uncle had a sweet 16 browning A5. I had a single barrel 16ga iver Johnson. I ask to shoot the LC Smith but my uncle kept trying to get me to use the browning. After some discussion and warning about recoil my grandpa let me shoot the smith. I hit the next 3 birds. The next year I had my own LC Smith. I guess my grandpa knew if he ever wanted to hunt with his again he have to find me one. So it started early for me.