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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.


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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


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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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Originally Posted by crsides
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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Originally Posted by crsides
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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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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