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Ted,
I'm NJ born and raised, but more from the Philadelphia region of NJ.
I left my heart in the southwest, though. To be fair, it was never really in Jersey.
-Leverhead
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I've always considered Spring Turkey season as going with the previous year's regular season so I'm bringing this great thread back to the front page. GA Spring season begins this Saturday. We had a 'youth hunt' this last Saturday. Anyone connect?
As I am still recovering from open heart surgery my plan for Saturday is to use a .410 with Tungston #9 supershot. That should be a new twist because I've always been a 12ga man. We'll see...Geo Good luck Geo! Your pics of your early spring turkeys motivate me to get up at 3:00AM and get the job done when the season starts up here.
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Dustin, great photos. The scenery belies the old adage about hunting chuks: "First time is for the sport; second time is for revenge." 16 or 12 R-10? Gil It's a 16 gauge Halifax, circa 1930's I think. Any grade higher than that would make me nervous when I'm scrambling up and down the scree and crag.
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Dustin, great photos. The scenery belies the old adage about hunting chuks: "First time is for the sport; second time is for revenge." 16 or 12 R-10? Gil It's a 16 gauge Halifax, circa 1930's I think. Any grade higher than that would make me nervous when I'm scrambling up and down the scree and crag. OK, one more time, Halifax? Darne? Difference?
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OK, one more time, Halifax? Darne? Difference?
Pretty much just the shape of the stock. The R-10 will have a continuation of the oval in front of the separation between the butt-stock and fore-end, the Halifax, as pictured in LeFusil's post above doesn't. Folks more expert than myself will likely mention other differences...Geo
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And Geo, doesn't the Halifax have the word "Halifax" stamped on the barrel flats? Gil
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Halifax: basically an R action Darne. No orbtirator disk. Has 1 piece solid, brazed barrels. Usually a raised rib, special order swamped rib was available, no "plume" rib that is seen on most graded Darnes. Halifax is usually stamped in the key lever, the barrel flats will have the marking too with the addition of Darne license and the grade of Halifax. The grades are indicated by a number. Usually a 3 (common) thru #5. 5's having some additional options like engraving.
So in laymans terms....it's a very basic R action Darne.
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Thanks, Dustin. And I take it you never have to worry about one being "off face".  Gil
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Thanks, Dustin. And I take it you never have to worry about one being "off face". Gil Or moisture bloated shells in Southeast Asia as a French colonist fighting for your life.
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Here is the last photo from the 2015/16 season. For fun a member of our group brought a Belgian 4 Gauge double for us to shoot when we were done with hunting pheasant. It made for a very memorable end of the season. 
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