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Offline oldtravler61

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Re: Canoe Gun
« Reply #100 on: January 23, 2021, 01:36:32 AM »
  Ya know it was originally a CANOE augar for fishing. Ya put the ramrod through the trigger guard an spin. Cut 6 inch perch holes perfect...!
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Offline Notchy Bob

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Re: Canoe Gun
« Reply #101 on: January 24, 2021, 04:54:44 PM »
I don't know if this is allowed, so Dennis, please delete if it's inappropriate. 

This is a screenshot of a page from the Muzzleloading forum that shows a post by Matt Denison, former proprietor of North star West.  I would take this as the definitive statement on the origin of the term, "canoe gun":




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Re: Canoe Gun
« Reply #102 on: January 24, 2021, 06:26:10 PM »
Quote from: Notchy Bob on January 24, 2021, 04:54:44 PM
I don't know if this is allowed, so Dennis, please delete if it's inappropriate. 

This is a screenshot of a page from the Muzzleloading forum that shows a post by Matt Denison, former proprietor of North star West.  I would take this as the definitive statement on the origin of the term, "canoe gun":




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Notchy Bob
The whole concept of needing a short gun to be able to stay seated while loading it is just plain silly. I never had any trouble loading a gun with a 48" barrel while staying seated in a canoe..... ::)
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Re: Canoe Gun
« Reply #103 on: January 24, 2021, 07:02:14 PM »
The saga continues. 



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Re: Canoe Gun
« Reply #104 on: January 24, 2021, 08:13:09 PM »
Quote from: Dave Marsh on January 24, 2021, 07:02:14 PM
The saga continues. 



On and on and on. It's winter, nothing else to do.
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Offline Eric Kettenburg

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Re: Canoe Gun
« Reply #105 on: January 24, 2021, 08:42:55 PM »
Hey if youse got nothing to do you're welcome to come out here and shovel snow for me!  I even have a canoe, we can use it as a toboggan down the nearest gas pipeline.
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Re: Canoe Gun
« Reply #106 on: January 24, 2021, 08:55:52 PM »
Quote from: Eric Kettenburg on January 24, 2021, 08:42:55 PM
Hey if youse got nothing to do you're welcome to come out here and shovel snow for me!  I even have a canoe, we can use it as a toboggan down the nearest gas pipeline.
I'm thinking of doing a Grizzly Adams TV marathon today :P  He was one evil SOB killing those trout..... I wonder if he used his canoe gun? :o
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