Interesting,...but...
I use a 1924 Fox HE Super Fox or an LC Smith Long Range. Both 3 in 12s developed for the Super X 3 inch shells.
Advantages: instant different load selection with a double with double triggers. (4s or 5s) Faster than instant if a second shot-for some reason-is required. (Bobcat stalking turkey)
Lastly, the handling characteristics beat any modern guns with speed.
Had a chance at a Parker DH 10 GA, but it weighed close to 10 pounds. I can beat that with a 3in magnum Fox
and slay geese and turkey out to amazing distances.
The older turkeys like to look at the early engraving...........
Interesting.
I, also, enjoy carrying vintage SxS guns on my turkey hunts from time to time. But, for the nostalgia aspect and nothing else. The instant ability to switch between 4' and 5's and the quick handling and follow-up shots are total non--issues for the way I (and most folks) hunt turkeys. A shot at a gobbler is a very measured process.....much like squeezing of a shot at he bench rest. The ONLY thing a BPS 10 gauge throwing a brick wall of tungsten 9's gives up to a classic SxS in the turkey woods is how good it looks laying across the gobbler in the pictures.
