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Throw weight ?
By:Pete Rudie
Date: 2/18/2001, 3:08 pm
In Response To: Paddling with gunstocks OT (Ken Sutherland)

: What do you mean most guys don't paddle with gunstocks. Given the right
: situation anybody will paddle with a gunstock. :) I once broke both my
: paddles while paddling into very stiff winds to retrieve ducks and paddled
: out of the marsh with a Remington 870 Wingmaster. I would venture a guess
: that your greenland paddle, like it or not, paddles like a dream compared
: to an 870.

So, what is the throw weight on one of those 12 ga. paddles? lol I have this mental image of a spoon-shaped cedar-stripped paddle blade cum shotgun stock, with a 24" barrel for a loom, made Damascus-twist style with carbon fiber. I'll bet that if we started with a break action instead of a repeater we could get it down to under 10 lbs...

Messages In This Thread

Drying time after steaming
Andreas Albat -- 2/16/2001, 11:29 am
Re: Drying time after steaming
matthew -- 2/17/2001, 10:26 am
Re: Drying time after steaming
Pete Rudie -- 2/18/2001, 12:09 am
Re: Drying time after steaming
daren -- 2/18/2001, 1:03 am
Re: Drying time after steaming
Pete Rudie -- 2/18/2001, 4:48 am
Re: Drying time after steaming
daren -- 2/18/2001, 9:15 am
Re: Drying time after steaming
Pete Rudie -- 2/18/2001, 2:58 pm
Paddling with gunstocks OT
Ken Sutherland -- 2/18/2001, 6:35 am
Throw weight ?
Pete Rudie -- 2/18/2001, 3:08 pm