Zombie elephant rifle

[geologist]

A very nice rig indeed (and a fine dictionary underneath, too.) I'd be a bit concerned about the stability of the light, though; the mount looks a tad flimsy. Have you tried shooting it with the light on?

I have a Surefire Nitrolon with a Lighthound aftermarket LED lamp (about 200 lumens ) on my Marlin 1894

and it does creep a bit after a few rounds.

Stuart

It's a Russian-English dictionary for those Kamchatka grizzlies.

This thread was intended to be tongue in cheek. The mount is a moulded plastic clip that I found when I bought some ski poles. Do I think that it will stand up to a lifetime of shooting a 20" .375 H&H carbine? No. Will it work to illuminate at least 1 or 2 shots if I tape it in place with electrical tape when I'm working in the high arctic? Yes .

I have lights on some of my other bush guns because I have had the unpleasant bush experience of operating a pump shotgun in the dark while fumbling with a handheld flashlight.

While the GG and HP9-1 are very reliable, I prefer to have the degreased .375 H&H carbine with me in the high arctic when it's cold and you're sleeping in a tent. Never know when those zombie elephants might come a calling.

 

[geologist]

Geologist you have too much money.

I wish

 

[rodngun]

Good lookin rig!

 

[josquin]

It's a Russian-English dictionary for those Kamchatka grizzlies. ...

Did you modify the picture? I was sure it was an Oxford but when I looked a minute ago the pic was too dark to tell.

Speaking of Kamchatka grizzlies, this is an excellent read:

However, "Don't try this at home, folks!"

Stuart

 

[geologist]

Did you modify the picture? I was sure it was an Oxford but when I looked a minute ago the pic was too dark to tell.

Speaking of Kamchatka grizzlies, this is an excellent read:

However, "Don't try this at home, folks!"

Stuart

I met the author in Petropavlosk. Struck me as a bit of feral and when he asked me if I had heard of him or read his books I said "No.". I then told him that I had read all of Gary Shelton's and Stephen Herrero's books.

I was actually pulling his leg as I had heard of him previously

 

[rookie wildcat]

Now, I'm not sure, but I don't think that that will work, Geo. Zombies are notoriously tough to kill as are elephants. I think that the combo you propose will be a little light when Zombie Alexander marches into Canada with battle dressed Zombie elephant cavalry. good luck.

 

[josquin]

I met the author in Petropavlosk...

Easy for you to say, buddy, although maybe not after a few beers.

Slightly OT, we (Vancouver Opera, for whom I work seasonally) are doing a commissioned opera called Lillian Alling, based (loosely) on the story of a Russian girl who came to New York in the mid 1920's and ended up walking and hitching across the US and up into Canada. She came through BC, up the Telegraph Trail, made it to Alaska and supposedly made it across the Bering Strait, after which no one knows what happened to her. Maybe she got eaten by a bear! She wasn't packing a .375, that's for sure. A writer in Quesnel is finishing up a book on Alling. (lillianalling.ca).

Stuart

 

[geologist]

Easy for you to say, buddy, although maybe not after a few beers.

Petropavlosk (everyone calls it PK for short) is on the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula and is the entry point for a lot of high $ hunters going for the guided grizzly hunts. I used to see a lot of rabid fisherman going in through there as well.