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You guys keep in mind that Darne features were available al cart. You could get obturator discs, or mono block barrels on your Halifax if you asked for them, and paid. You could also specify level of proof applied to your new gun. I've seen some strange things over the years. If I recall correctly, Dustin's gun was built for a lefty. Not common. That stock mount on Dustin's gun is common to the slug guns, too. There is a good photo of it in Mr. Bodio's article "21st Century Jungle Gun" in the Double Gun Journal.
Best, Ted
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Wish I could say I did it. Sent by a buddy to me for torture purposes. Yildiz .410
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Gil, I'm glad somebody has struck lucky this season. Nice picture of two good Georgia birds. I'm afraid the local gobblers are laughing at me for coming to the woods with a Nitro Special .410 sxs and the tungston super shot #9 loads you gave me to try....Geo
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Some beautiful habitat there, Gil. I have been out once and they outsmarted me (as usual). Looking forward to this weekend and chasing them some more.
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I realize those tricks with a .410 are done to impress everyone with the hunters daring and prowess with the little gun, but, in my humble and correct opinion, it is near criminal to engage in such acts of showmanship upon such a noble animal as the Wild Turkey, risking a wounded bird.
Nothing is sadder in the hunting world than seeing a fine gobbler, wounded, half-flying, flopping and running away, to die a suffering death.
Big bird, big gun, big shot. Please. JR
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Be strong, be of good courage. God bless America, long live the Republic.
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Sure you are right, but don't you carry firm dogs with you while hunting Turkeys? I'm curious, because I have no experience with this species!
Cheers, Gunwolf
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While most people will hunt turkeys with 12 ga. 3 1/2" #4, or 5 shot, which I think is overkill. If you are a good hunter, and I'm sure GLS is, and his shots are 20-25 yards and I would imagine a head shot, it is a dead turkey. As to shooting #9's, kind of light but more pellets.
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I realize those tricks with a .410 are done to impress everyone with the hunters daring and prowess with the little gun, but, in my humble and correct opinion, it is near criminal to engage in such acts of showmanship upon such a noble animal as the Wild Turkey, risking a wounded bird. JR John, I'd normally agree with your sentiments regarding use of a pop-gun gauge/caliber for a bird like a Turkey. I am presently recovering from some complicated open heart surgery earlier this year, and the recoil of a 12ga magnum is rather contraindicated at present. It would be a mistake to equate Tungsten Super Shot #9s with lead shot. Read up on it...Geo
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John, there are naysayers about the tungsten shot but only because of unfamiliarity or just stubbornness to hear of anything different than what they were born into. With a density almost double that of lead, only depleted uranium is denser, but barely. Time and time again, it has been demonstrated that #9 tungsten has more penetration than #4 lead shot with equal mv. It is not "trick" shooting to use it. With an oz. of tungsten 9's containing from 370 to 420 per oz. and lead #4 containing 130, per ounce, my 13/16 oz. of tungsten 9's delivers 159 pellets in a 10" circle at 40 yards. You won't get those numbers with lead 4's in a 2 oz. or better load. I restrict shots to under 40 yards, but my .410 is lethal at that range and beyond. Those turkeys depicted above were stone cold dead at 36 steps. Since using #9 tungsten at 40 yards and below over the past 5 seasons, I haven't had a bird run off. Most don't even flop. My big gun is now a 20 gauge for turkeys and I have been through the ropes with 10's and 12's in 40 seasons of hunting turkeys and I enjoy carrying a 3 lb., 3 oz. single-shot .410 that can kill turkeys reliably and ethically instead lugging around guns weighing from 8 to 12 lbs. loaded. YMMV. Gil
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John, there are naysayers about the tungsten shot but only because of unfamiliarity or just stubbornness to hear of anything different than what they were born into. With a density almost double that of lead, only depleted uranium is denser, but barely. Time and time again, it has been demonstrated that #9 tungsten has more penetration than #4 lead shot with equal mv. It is not "trick" shooting to use it. With an oz. of tungsten 9's containing from 370 to 420 per oz. and lead #4 containing 130, per ounce, my 13/16 oz. of tungsten 9's delivers 159 pellets in a 10" circle at 40 yards. You won't get those numbers with lead 4's in a 2 oz. or better load. I restrict shots to under 40 yards, but my .410 is lethal at that range and beyond. Those turkeys depicted above were stone cold dead at 36 steps. Since using #9 tungsten at 40 yards and below over the past 5 seasons, I haven't had a bird run off. Most don't even flop. My big gun is now a 20 gauge for turkeys and I have been through the ropes with 10's and 12's in 40 seasons of hunting turkeys and I enjoy carrying a 3 lb., 3 oz. single-shot .410 that can kill turkeys reliably and ethically instead lugging around guns weighing from 8 to 12 lbs. loaded. YMMV. Gil I knew it was dense but I didn't know it was that dense. Tungsten is some nasty stuff.
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