RE: [Paddlewise] Distress Signals

From: Jeffrey Bingham <kayakwillie_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 19:30:45 -0700 (PDT)
--- David Seng <David_at_wainet.com> wrote:
> Bill Leonhardt and I were just tossing a couple of
> emails back and forth
> off-line, but his questions seemed relevant to the
> list so I'm posting them
> here.


I've found the plastic construction of the Orion 12GA to be pretty bomb
proof. What I cannot figure is why Orion builds it with a ferrous
spring inside. I always try to keep my flares or flare guns on my pfd
but never seem to keep the water out, can't find a reliable dry bag
that small. 
What happens after about a month of playing in the water I'll pull out
my Orion for a check up and find that sure enough just a little water
made through my defences and now I have rusty shells and a flare gun
that won't open because of a rusted broken spring.
I've gone through two 12GA guns in this manner and won't take them out
any more.
Brgds,
Jeff
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