I grew up in a non-hunting family, but my best friend and next door neighbor grew up in a very hunting family. His father and grandfather had a great variety of guns between them. My first shotgun was a Mossberg, his was given to him by his grandfather a sweet little Twelvette and his grandfather shot a Model 12 I believe. To this day, I've not owned either one, but I would dearly love to add both a Model 12 and especially a Twelvette to my closet.