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This past weekend --got to lure an old bird into range with the Knight-Hale fighting purr and a mouth yelper. He fell to a 1925 LC Smith Long Range 3 in field grade. Ammunition was Hevi shot tungsten #4s. The double with double triggers allows use of #4 with #5 or# 6 shot shells. Its like two guns with separate loads. Very effective . This tom I fooled with last year but he was out a bit too far-so I gave him the benefit of the doubt until this year. Same bird......10 in beard and spurs indicate about a 3-yr old gobbling bird, who came sneaking in.
Another shotgun I use is a 1923 AH Fox H Grade SuperFox-for goose and turkey.
These two with a Model 12 Heavy Duck round out the turkey guns.
"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena-not the critic"-T. Roosevelt There are no atheists in fox holes or in the open doors of a para's aircraft.....
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Nice work!
I’d be leery of shooting many (any?) of those tungsten shells through those old barrels. Check with the shell makers.
Used to carry a Stevens 311 I painted up for turkeys. Agree on the double triggers. Still have some Activ nickel-plated 5s I used to use (actually, mostly just carry!).
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I think I have a box of those Activ turkey loads. At one time they were the latest and greatest thing on the market. I have a good size box full of old turkey loads of all makes.
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I am zero for 11 trips this year, but I do carry a 12ga Baker Leader double. It is a dead ringer for LC Smith since a couple of their employees broke off a started their own business. Also have a CE fox 12 ga choked full and IC which is good when a gobbler gets in your back pocket. I only hunt it on flat soft ground. From a few years back.
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Nice looking old double, never heard of a Baker, My hunting buddy uses an old ( don't know the year) Winchester model 42
I may not be smart but I can lift heavy objects
I have a shotgun so I have no need for a 30-06.....
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Did some due diligence on tungsten-bismuth. Since the introduction of tungsten about 2000, ammunition makers have made improvements to wad technology. No sign of anything in the left FC/ LC Smith barrel that indicated scoring. The Super Fox has only used Long Beards and Bismuth.
The AAHE Parker that is a 3rd Generation gun will not be seeing anything for awhile-and that may be older lead shotshells.
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Used my grandfather's model 42 skeet .410 this year with w-w 7.5's.24 pound bird at 18 yards.Gun and I both built in 59.
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I am zero for 11 trips this year, but I do carry a 12ga Baker Leader double. It is a dead ringer for LC Smith since a couple of their employees broke off a started their own business. Also have a CE fox 12 ga choked full and IC which is good when a gobbler gets in your back pocket. I only hunt it on flat soft ground. From a few years back. Fantastic all the way!
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I am zero for 11 trips this year, but I do carry a 12ga Baker Leader double. It is a dead ringer for LC Smith since a couple of their employees broke off a started their own business. Also have a CE fox 12 ga choked full and IC which is good when a gobbler gets in your back pocket. I only hunt it on flat soft ground. From a few years back. I've killed quite a few with my old Baker using some old BP shells I acquired. Mines a Batavia Special model though. I've also take a couple with my Grandfather's old Marlin contract gun in 16 ga (see 36 years thread) This picture is actually a fall bird, but I've taken both spring and fall with it.
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