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Tailgate? That's what we call a kitchen table in Utah. :-)
All of these chuks were taken at around 6800 ft. All sport, no revenge. If the birds beat me, good for them. I clock out and head home, I clock back in when my legs quit hurting and the cycle starts over.

Dustin is one of the guys I got the report of good quality from. That sling looks good on that Halifax.

Good to see you posting, Dustin.


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Ted

I got the gun back from Geoffroy, today:





The checkered ebony buttplate and the sling look like they grew there. I couldn't ask for better work.

It took a year or so, from discussion with Geoffroy about finding the parts, him getting back to France, and gun coming home. Expensive, but, I'm glad I did it.


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Ted

I have a sling for my doubles that slips over the barrel, too, but I only use it for duck hunting where I have to wade in and carry a deke bag. I can't shoot with it on, though. The loop over the rib drives me nuts when I look down it. Once I get where I'm going I pull it off. I might be able to shoot with one that was open at the top so I could see the rib "between" the sides of it, like yours, Ted. My fingers don't bother me shooting when I wrap them up around the barrels on each side of my little doubles. Not much difference.

Here it is on my big HE Fox:



SRH

I've shot with mine on numerous times...

I think it's more of a psychological thing than an actual interference. Being midway my line of sight is above it and it doesn't interfere with me seeing the bead in my secondary vision.

It may be more psychological, jOe. I should try shooting some clays with it sometime just to see. No trouble for me to pull it off, though.

All my best, SRH

I have two Darnes equipped with the bretelle Darne. Another Darne has typical sling swivels, a good thing, as it is a heavy (heavy for a Darne, anyway) 12 gauge R10, with 28" barrels with mod and full chokes, that I speculate was laid out with at least consideration for waterfowling in Europe, when it was built. Sling swivels were the cheapest option for a sling on a Darne, and a lot of people just went with them. Last Darne 20 has no sling. Good for trips like grousemas, where Lloyd and I do a fair amount of driving from spot to spot.
All have a place.
I have a pump 12 that has a sling, but, it has quick detach swivels, so the sling pops right off. I've never waterfowled with it, but, friends have. I suspect waterfowling with a gun without a sling would be a lot more work than with a gun so equipped.
Two deer rifles, of a type usually considered for shorter range brush work, left to me from my Father's estate are graced with slings and his preferred Redfield 1.5-6 optics, in respect to his advancing years. I'm not a deer hunter, so the Marlin 30-30 and the Ruger .44 auto carbine haven't been fired in decades.
But, a sling makes them better, of this, I'm sure. Pretty sure that is the case with Stan's big Fox, when hunting ducks, also.
If a between-the-wars name English gun falls into my lap, I won't be looking for a sling for it. Not every gun needs one. But, some of the hunting I do is made better with a method to keep my hands free for a moment or two, and a sling allows for that.



An image just for jOe, 'cause he likes these guns so much.

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Ted

jOe'few'shus say

Women tote their guns on their back get less shots....

If I don't have to carry dekes into a hole I don't use a sling. But, when I'm wading with a big bag of them on my back, or floating as I wade, I want my other hand free to help steady myself if I start to trip or stumble. I hunt some bad places around here, with all sorts of things on the bottom waiting to trip you, or "float your hat", as can be the case with gator holes or old stump holes, or beaver runs.

SRH

If the gun is slung, I've made a conscious decision I'm not taking shots at that moment. Another reason for it being slung is I already have a brace hanging, and I'm on the way back to the truck.

It ain't a war.


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Ted