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That is a great looking gun Ted. Very good find in anybody's book. Could you use that strap as a pattern and re-create it with a new piece of leather? Maybe even make it wider where it needs to be?

Lloyd,
Thanks for noticing. Most of the guns original case colors are right where the factory put them, which, is a rare find on a pre-WWI Darne. I've seen very few from that era that are this nice.
I shot it yesterday, and can report the gun has loosened up nicely, even if, I didn't-I had a miserable couple rounds of skeet. The "low recoil" WInchesters did their job, but, aren't all that low a recoil round in a 6lb gun with tight bores. No signs of too much pressure, however. Getting the ejector/extractor mechanism un-seized eliminated the other issues I thought I had.
I need more practice, but, the lawn tractor keeps calling me. That, and the whole 40+ hour a week thing. I'm sure you can relate.
The sling could easily be a pattern, however, the 3/4" sling that Jeff's Outfitters sells is just better, all the way around. I will definitely keep the original, because, it IS the original, but, I'm not going to reinvent a wheel just to say I did it.

Best,
Ted

Lloyd, Ted appears to be the Pied Piper of forgotten Darne shotguns. Gil

I'm very lucky she didn't throw the thing in the trash. She had that kind of scorn in her.
Something that occured to me was she had no reverence for the effort her Grandfather had made to get the piece home, or what he had to do when he got to Europe. She knew nothing of his unit, where he had been and fought, what years, or when he came home. The sum total of what she knew about the Halifax was it was his for her whole life, and she couldn't get it out of the house fast enough.
I didn't know the guy, and I was sad for him, at the hands of the ungrateful spawn I'm sure he suffered with.
I've got to find a Red state to go live in. I love taking advantage of a liberal from here, but, jeez, it is a pain in the ass living among them.


Best,
Ted

Amen Ted.

Now we've got them shooting at us! Look at what happened today when one of them targeted Republican Congressmen practicing for a charity ballgame. Hardly surprising when you have the 24/7 anti-Trump Networks like CNN and MSNBC preaching a false narrative that incites insane Liberal Left Socialists to use the very guns they all wish to take from law abiding citizens. I can't wait to see Chuck Schumer and Barbara Boxer blaming the gun instead of the whacked-out Liberal Bernie Sanders supporter.

More proof that Liberalism is a mental disorder.

Keith, Bernie was the DFL's guy here in MN. I remember when that turd floated to the top of the crazy people's punch bowl thinking it is official-I live in an asylum.

An asylum with pretty good fishing.


Best,
Ted

Good fishing can cover a multitude of sins. But the Libtards want to screw with that too with bans on lead jigs, sinkers, and split shot.

My state isn't much better than yours when it comes to being governed by idiots. Thankfully, I live in a rural portion where most people work for a living and don't think gun control, welfare, open borders, or tolerance for insanity are good things.

Very few places left to run Ted. Colorado is about half-shot and full of dopers now. If you were a younger man, I'd say to lite out for Alaska or Wyoming, but your wife wouldn't appreciate those locations, I reckon (mine wouldn't either).

Been in contact with Dustin-Utah has possibilities.
Not crazy about rattlesnakes, however.

Best,
Ted