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you can find used Barbour stuff on ebay for way less than retail, and like Filson it's kind of indestructible. this coat is more than 30 years old and still sheds water better than new Gore Tex ever will, plus it is really thornproof, which is important in the woodcock wars: ![[Linked Image]](http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p151/Steve_NO/woodcockhunt008.jpg) That picture about says it all when it comes to hunting upland birds....  I don't pack a Cruiser for western hunts;but in New England I never leave home without one in the fall.
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The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Take a look at stormy kromer. They make a mackinaw with 26oz wool.
Just bought one with a zip in vest. Looks bomb proof.
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Addition: Nice shotgun, birds and pic. thanks....that hunt was in the briar jungles of the Atchafalaya basin, where most of the woodcock in north America end up by late December. Mr. Greener never dreamed his little wand would end up slogging through an American swamp 110 years later.
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Stormy, Woolrich, Cabelas, LLBean, et al, use an 80/20 wool blend. Filson is about the only company that still offers 100% virgin wool clothing.
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I know it's not a Filson or a Barber but it'l last plenty long for me .... Carhartt http://www.tractorsupply.com/mens-w...ned-sandstone-traditional-coat-704696899
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. . . Have tried to hunt in the Double, but way to hot if you move around for average Pa. temps and with anything else underneath they can make a rifle stock become very long. . . . I pracice and sight in with the coat. That rifle stock that was perfect in a t-shirt in August just doesn't fit right while wearing one, but that 94 with the too short lenght of pull feels a lot better in one.
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The Stormy Kromer is 100% virgin wool, just checked the labels.
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+1 on the burrs. I have two double Macs, a dark green for wearing around town in the winter, and a red-and-black plaid for that traditional hunting look. I wore the plaid one last week, and since Montana's grass and weeds are really high this year after lots of spring rain, I was picking cockleburrs off it every night. Same here. A guy goes into the field wearing a wool coat and comes out wearing a ghillie suit.
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The Stormy Kromer is 100% virgin wool, just checked the labels. I stand corrected. When I clicked on SK's website I saw their "Airman's Jacket" which is 80% wool, and I turned away before looking further. I just revisited the site and discovered the Mackinaw which is 26oz 100% virgin wool, and a handsome coat.
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Check out Bemidji Woolen Mills. Good, high quality, USA made clothes. What he said, got my first one from them about 1970 or so. Dober
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"True respect starts with the way you treat others, and it is earned over a lifetime of demonstrating kindness, honor and dignity"....Tony Dungy
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"True respect starts with the way you treat others, and it is earned over a lifetime of demonstrating kindness, honor and dignity"....Tony Dungy
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I have seen them half off after Christmas if you can wait that long.
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My Dad bought a red/black double Mac and tin cloth surveyor's jacket back in the mid 60s. He wore them for hunting and chores frequently and they still look great. When he died last year, I had the Mac dry cleaned and mailed it to my best friend in MT whom my dad was real fond of. It was too small for me to ever wear and still gets to keep hunting.
I got lucky and bought a near new second hand double Mac of my own last year. Filson did a limited run of woven in camo and they're a little tough to find. It is hot as others said if you're moving but perfect for a stand or with a thin waterproof shell over top for duck hunting.
My Dad and his friend swamped a duck boat off the Barrier Islands duck hunting in the 70s and it took them about 15 hours before the weather broke and they could get back. My dad had the double Mac on and his buddy a down Eddie Bauer coat under a poncho. Dad was fine but his friend spent a week in the hospital with pneumonia. Hard to argue with wool under the right conditions.
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