The vent is 1 1/2' at the top, and 2' at the bottom. I don't notice much difference twisting it down, Another good thing is that it is easy to dig on a maybe show. It's all good, I only have to get one limit from now on. Of course, that new vent above is for Mike's gun.

I on the other hand, thoroughly spoiled after 5 minutes, spend the same time trying to make sinkholes in China. Now it is easy to pull.Īfter watching me pull a few clams one handed, Mike, who had a stroke and uses a crutch and has no strength on his right side, comes over and grabs my gun, and hands me the one he is using for a cane, and teeters off down the beach, getting clams. Lift the column of sand slowly and with your legs. That is a lot of heavy lifting with a 5' gun. Step three: Place your thumb or finger over the air hole of the clam gun. I have been getting my limit and another for a handicapped friend. In fact, I should have done this long ago. The tapered vent shown above seems to work very well. Dip the neck in nearly boiling water for just a few seconds to scald it. Then remove the neck from the body where the rough 'skin' of the neck begins. I had noticed on more than one occasion people with the new clam hawk type guns seemed to be having trouble with a clogged vent, so I built mine to hopefully solve that problem, even though it seems fairly rare. First, you get the body out of the shell by sliding your sharp knife along the shell on the inside of both halves of the clam to cut the 'scallop' muscle that attaches the clam to the shell. The vent has been laying on the bench because I keep forgetting to pick up some good silver solder flux.Īfter planning another razor clam dig with friends Friday, for Saturday morning, I snipped and bent a new and different vent and just epoxied it on the side of my 5' stainless gun. They will save your back and keep YOU digging for dinner.without you relying on someone else Clamhawk & Clamhawg guns are light-weight and easy to use. I have been thinking about venting my clam gun for several years. Clamhawk and Clamhawg are our newest products for Razor Clam digging and are sure to surpass the shovel or aluminum, pvc and other kinds of clam guns being used today.

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