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OK...got to thinking about this old school classic...especially after seeing RAS Red plaid in the SAVAGE COLLECTORS thread under topic of Putting a face to a name.
Who here still wears the timeless classic in cold weather climates? Red Plaid, Green Plaid...makes no nevermind, so long as it is wool! Let me know and they brand and type for comparison's sake and recommendations! This ought to be good! Hell...post a picture of it if you got one! JC
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Johnson's Woolen Mills of VT.
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Mines not red but green/black from Bemidgi woolen mills, all I need is a 760C and viola...another Benoit...grin
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Not the jacket (never had one since we need orange in Pa.) but Woolrich pants are my choice for virtually all my deer and bear hunting. I've got a pair of red plaid for cold and a lighter weight pair for warmer. Also have a pair of green Johnson's but I don't think I'll ever fit in them again.
And somewhere, we have my Grandfathers Woolrich pants that are so old, they have laces in the lower legs.
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This picture has been posted several times (in Model 70 threads and in a Johnson Woolen Mills thread), but here goes again. The grey jacket is 32-35 years old (give or take) and gets used occasionally as outerwear and sometimes under my favorite old field jacket. Ps had to go find the picture again!
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I have three red/black: a single-layer from LL Bean, another LL Bean lined with Thinsulate, and a classic Filson Double Mackinaw.
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I have a black Filson Mackinaw. great coat.
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gotta have me a jacket if for nothing more than to look like my avatar. Think I might try a Woolrich or a LL Bean.
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I use a red/black cabelas heavy wool parka, With dryplus. It is only useful at tempretures below 20deg, but dam it is warm and very well made.
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Dober- I hunted the same country at the same time as the Benoits and I have a nice M760 in 270 Win for ya but you can't have my LLB Maine Guide Parka... http://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/43153?parentCategory=4295&feat=4295-tn&cat4=2110
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I've still got Dad's red and black Woolrich plaid outfit downstairs. With the advent of the blaze orange laws everywhere I hunt, they haven't been out of the gunromm in a couple decades now. My son and I both wear blaze orange camo outfits from Remington.
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Filson Double Mackinaw...still have it. I saved a guys life with it on top of a sheep mountain one night about 20 years ago.
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I still do, and If I had to guess so do about 20% of the gun hunters in the Adirondacks. Its still a fine piece of equipment for cold damp environments, especially where the ranges are short and quietness is important.
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used to live just down the road from you in Gloversville and Mayfield.
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I have a HEAVY all red wool mackinaw made "I think" by Stag. Ill have to dig it out when I get home. Its older than I am, as it used to belong to my uncle and it was passed on to me. It is in Perfect shape Ill work on getting pics. Ive worn it religiously for deer hunting here in Michigan for the last 15 years. The only time I did not was one season several years ago it was about 65 degrees at 6am and by noon it was in the 80's on opening day.
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My buddy still has his dads Red/Black Woolrich coat and pants. His dad died in 1971 so the outfit is more than likely over 40 years old.
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I hunted for many years in solid red and red & black Woolrich jackets, also Woolrich pants. Only gave them up when the mandatory orange regulations were put in place. Now wear camo fleece with orange vest & headgear, I have a goretex camo jacket for colder conditions. Most of the time the goretex jacket is wraped around my lower body and legs when seated in my deerstand. It does an excellent job of heat retention and helps block the wind to some degree.
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Wool coat on right is a Woolrich with Thinsulate lining. The pattern is the same as my Dad and Granddad's hunting suits of the 1940-1950s. It has the back button pocket which I find useful for storing drag rope and gut gloves. I use it only for stand hunting for Whitetail. Coat on the left is a Codet single layer and use it for stillhunting Whitetail. Last year my wife told me it was very fashionable so I wore it on the street and Sunday go-to-meeting.
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wool is still great for cold weather, retaining every bit of it's insulation even when wet. red plaid woolrich jacket was all i used for my first 20 years. now i do the camo thing.
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My uncle gave me a red/black plaid wool coat he said he bought in the late 50's. EXCELLANT shape except for the zipper which I had replaced last summer. The tag in it(which has a pic of a wolf in the backgroud)reads: WEATHERGUARD by Shane Division of A.SOLOFF & SONS,INC. Made in U.S.A.
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