Don't know the prestige factor at the club. A few years ago I picked up a CZ Bobwhite 20ga for my saltwater waterfowl gun. Here on the coast the salt mist in the air will start things to rusting. The black chrome finish on the CZ barrel works well and a good coat of Johnsons Paste wax seems to work on the action. I have nicer guns for inland waterfowling.
CZ makes a decent gun that wouldn't be a worry in the duck blind.
Here we hunt the incoming tide and stand alongside a big chunk of drift wood and move inland with the tide(we have up to a 14' tide change)so our decoys are right near the edge of the water. No shelter from the wind, rain(60+" during duck season)and salt mist. Plus we're constantly laying the gun down to move decoys.
Then I've seen duck clubs that have walkways from the clubhouse to the blind with heat and easy chairs in the blind.
Last edited by oskar; 05/09/14 03:40 PM.