Water fowl gear questions
02-20-2010, 10:28 AM
#1
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 8
Water fowl gear questions
Im looking for items to buy before the next waterfowl season
A choke and a lanyard..and does anyone know any alternatives to getting your shotgun dipped? Camoclad?
Anyone know any good quality chokes/lanyards that are cost efficient and reliable? Appreciate the help!
Cory
A choke and a lanyard..and does anyone know any alternatives to getting your shotgun dipped? Camoclad?
Anyone know any good quality chokes/lanyards that are cost efficient and reliable? Appreciate the help!
Cory
Last edited by corelando; 02-20-2010 at 10:48 AM.
02-21-2010, 05:33 AM
#2
Spike
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: n e ohio
Posts: 15
I've used the CamoClad tape (2"wide) on my barrel and receiver sides, and it's really durable if applied properly (degreased and warm). You will have an edge-seam-overlap on the barrel if you butt the tape against the rib, but it blends and sticks well.
I also purchased some of the Carlson extended steel choke tubes for the ease of swapping them out without a tool, and happy with their performance so far.
Can't help with a lanyard.........I just use the basic ones available.
I also purchased some of the Carlson extended steel choke tubes for the ease of swapping them out without a tool, and happy with their performance so far.
Can't help with a lanyard.........I just use the basic ones available.
02-21-2010, 12:36 PM
#3
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 8
I've used the CamoClad tape (2"wide) on my barrel and receiver sides, and it's really durable if applied properly (degreased and warm). You will have an edge-seam-overlap on the barrel if you butt the tape against the rib, but it blends and sticks well.
I also purchased some of the Carlson extended steel choke tubes for the ease of swapping them out without a tool, and happy with their performance so far.
Can't help with a lanyard.........I just use the basic ones available.
I also purchased some of the Carlson extended steel choke tubes for the ease of swapping them out without a tool, and happy with their performance so far.
Can't help with a lanyard.........I just use the basic ones available.
02-21-2010, 01:11 PM
#5
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 8
I hunt at at a conservation area where you draw for spots the majority of my season. Sometimes you get a blind, other times..like the last time i was there, the water is frozen and you have to hide out in the weeds. Which is why i would want my gun camo'd
03-18-2010, 02:07 PM
#7
Spike
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Old River, Texas
Posts: 19
"gun dipping" does help to an extent to prpotect your gun from the elements .......but it ain't a cure all.
for years I have used just a run of the mill average call lanyard but at the end of this past season on our way out in the dark my dog knocked my lanyard off the boat, I lost a Folies DMM, Zinks paralyzer x2, and an Echo boss......not to mention the 8 bands that were on my lanyard. I have since replaced all the calls and have put them on a Cabelas magnum float-a-call lanyard. ($25 from cabelas) and tested it in the bathtub with some old acrylic calls to see if it actually worked. It does. IMHO, sound investment when you have $300-$400 worth of calls hangin around the water!!!!!!
for years I have used just a run of the mill average call lanyard but at the end of this past season on our way out in the dark my dog knocked my lanyard off the boat, I lost a Folies DMM, Zinks paralyzer x2, and an Echo boss......not to mention the 8 bands that were on my lanyard. I have since replaced all the calls and have put them on a Cabelas magnum float-a-call lanyard. ($25 from cabelas) and tested it in the bathtub with some old acrylic calls to see if it actually worked. It does. IMHO, sound investment when you have $300-$400 worth of calls hangin around the water!!!!!!
