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Swan Dinner
The end result of a swan hunt is, for me, a swan on the Christmas dinner table, shown here with...
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Uploaded on Jan 8, 2012
Swan prior to cooking
Swan, once reserved for Royalty, is the best eating of all waterfowl when the animals have been...
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Don Bald with his swan call and decoy.
Don Bald with one of his full-size swan decoys which feature sculptured heads arranged in a variety of positions.
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A very effective field spread of swan decoys.
Hand made decoys were effective in helping to bring the birds close enough to shoot. Shown are both...
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Hunters with their swan showing the size of the birds.
Me (left) with my swan and the other hunters from the Wilmington, N.C. area with their birds.
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Mattamuskeet swan. The author's swan is the younger gray-necked bird on the right which was taken with a single shot from a muzzleloading shotgun.
I was invited by Carl Hyatt to participate on a private land hunt where these four swan were taken....
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Billy Best (L), Andrew Best (C) and Author (R) at Mattamuskeet.
My first attempt with Billy and Andrew Gest resulted in two missed shot opportunities (one failure...
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Author with swan at Lake Mattamuskeet NC
An adult swan taken during 2009-10 season inspired me to return to Lake Mattamuskeet for another try...
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Traditions disassembled grips and frame
Although a percussion gun, Traditions' 1873 Black Powder is a muzzleloading revolver....
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Uploaded on Jul 17, 2011
Traditions 1873 action disassembled
Except for the design of the hammer nose and special percussion cylinder, this gun is identical to...
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Uploaded on Jul 17, 2011
Balls flattened against the frame of the Traditions 1873 Revolver
The flattened lead shapes in the foreground are the remains of lead balls after they have been...
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Double fire from Traditions 1873
This is a frame from a video shows the top chamber firing normally and flame also erupting from the...
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Recoil with three chambers firing
After the initial double-fire. The gun was loaded with 30 grains of FFFg as recommended by the...
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Three chambers firing simultaneously
In this shot, charges in three of the gun's chambers are firing simultaneously with a bright flash...
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Ready to shoot
The Traditions 1873 Black Powder revolver showing double-handed hold prior to firing.
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Traditions revolver loading tool and load table
The ejector rod serves no function on this percussion revolver. To load the cylinder it must be...
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Traditions revolver and box
If you own this revolver, do not use with loads that approach 30-grains of FFFg black powder or...
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Traditions .44 1873 Black Powder revolver
This is a percussion version of the 1873 Colt Peacemaker design. During load testing...
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Uploaded on Jul 17, 2011
