| Topic: Darne shotguns |
billwolfe
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 Forum: 16ga. Guns
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2020 6:55 pm Subject: Darne shotguns |
Hi Ted,
It's been a busy 18 months! Retirement, selling one house and buying another and moving 1200 miles from Nashville to Vermont's Northeast Kingdom. House needed a new well and new siding. ... |
| Topic: Darne shotguns |
billwolfe
Replies: 30
Views: 16205
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Forum: 16ga. Guns
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2020 6:20 am Subject: Darne shotguns |
| I will always defer to Ted on matters Darne, but I'll add my two cents. I've owned and shot both main models--the R and the V. Though both are sliding breech, fixed barrel guns of similar appearance ... |
| Topic: Chance to get 16 ga. B&P ammo |
billwolfe
Replies: 12
Views: 12417
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Forum: 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading
Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2017 12:42 pm Subject: Chance to get 16 ga. B&P ammo |
| Thanks for pointing that out. I missed that but I seem to recall hearing these are shipped in flats of eight boxes rather than ten. So it does alter the economics a bit. |
| Topic: Chance to get 16 ga. B&P ammo |
billwolfe
Replies: 12
Views: 12417
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Forum: 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading
Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 3:58 pm Subject: Chance to get 16 ga. B&P ammo |
| I just got off the phone with Kari McCormick at Aerostar, having ordered a couple flats of #6s. They cost $115 shipped and are available in 6, 7, and 8. She told me that she expects another order cl ... |
| Topic: Before it leaves the nest |
billwolfe
Replies: 49
Views: 34381
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Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2017 2:52 pm Subject: Before it leaves the nest |
Sounds like you're having a happy visit, Mike! And thank, James for the pic of the elusive Ace of Spades!
I was recently reading Gough Thomas on the form and function of boxlocks and other non-sid ... |
| Topic: Store/display guns vertical vs horizontal? |
billwolfe
Replies: 30
Views: 23606
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Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2017 9:09 am Subject: Store/display guns vertical vs horizontal? |
In a locked cabinet or safe, out of sight to casual guests, vertically, muzzle down, in a gunsock to avoid little accidents n dings. +1 on Ballistol!
The guy at my local mom and pop gun shop said ... |
| Topic: Before it leaves the nest |
billwolfe
Replies: 49
Views: 34381
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Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 9:07 pm Subject: Before it leaves the nest |
| Dustin's 12 ga no.6 was still packed in cosmoline when he saw it in a gunshop near Houston. IIRC, only paid 2 large for it. THAT is the find of the century: still in the grease, on this side of the po ... |
| Topic: Store/display guns vertical vs horizontal? |
billwolfe
Replies: 30
Views: 23606
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Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 8:19 pm Subject: Store/display guns vertical vs horizontal? |
| In a locked cabinet or safe, out of sight to casual guests, vertically, muzzle down, in a gunsock to avoid little accidents n dings. +1 on Ballistol! |
| Topic: Before it leaves the nest |
billwolfe
Replies: 49
Views: 34381
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Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 8:10 pm Subject: Before it leaves the nest |
Thanks for pointing that out, Mike! It did look a bit odd, and I found myself wondering if it was fully locked up. Some lucky fella's gonna have Christmas a few months later than normal!  |
| Topic: Sane loads for a very light 16 Darne double? |
billwolfe
Replies: 6
Views: 6610
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Forum: 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2016 2:59 pm Subject: Sane loads for a very light 16 Darne double? |
| Thanks all who answered. I may have to pass on this Darne after all. In fact, in might not even be a Darne! It has the one piece stock of the earliest Darnes and no makers mark on top of the lever ... |
| Topic: 2-1/2" non-lead? |
billwolfe
Replies: 2
Views: 3284
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Forum: 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading
Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2016 5:03 am Subject: 2-1/2" non-lead? |
Looks like 12 gauge only and only in 5 shot, so it won't help for those cute west coast quail, but Hill Rod & Gun sells short shotshells, including Kent Tungsten Matrix:
http://www.hillrodandgun. ... |
| Topic: Sane loads for a very light 16 Darne double? |
billwolfe
Replies: 6
Views: 6610
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Forum: 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading
Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2016 5:10 pm Subject: Sane loads for a very light 16 Darne double? |
| Thanks guys! I probably will pursue this Darne; it looks like a good one. Who knows, it might displace one of the guns that bracket it--a 5# 9 oz Darne R15 from the 70s and a 1920s-vintage 6# even S ... |
| Topic: Sane loads for a very light 16 Darne double? |
billwolfe
Replies: 6
Views: 6610
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Forum: 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading
Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2016 3:54 am Subject: Sane loads for a very light 16 Darne double? |
| I registered some time ago but haven't had much to contribute, mostly because my one 16 gage doesn't get much use compared to my 20s & 12s. Its not that I prefer those gages, just that they're be ... |
