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Posted by Nahuatl (Member # 708) on May 18, 2006, 09:32 AM:
Picked these up Saturday. Look familiar?
Posted by Locohead (Member # 15) on May 18, 2006, 10:07 AM:
Looks like a 45 mm. Get it? ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on May 18, 2006, 11:01 AM:
Yes, looks familiar. I thought he had decided to quit making them? Do you have contact information you can send me, via email? Anything, phone number, email, whatever? I lost his address a while ago. LB
Posted by greasewood (Member # 815) on May 18, 2006, 11:04 PM:
The flipper is mainly for solo hunting so you don't have to juggle two lights?
GW
Posted by bigben (Member # 864) on May 19, 2006, 08:12 AM:
who makes them? I would be interested in buying one. looks good whoever makes em.
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on May 19, 2006, 09:02 AM:
No, to illuminate (haha joke) you need to hunt with a partner. Night hunting kindergarten. ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
One hunts with the light and the other does nothing except safely handle the rifle, until it's time to shoot an animal.
The purpose is to have a dim red colored light for searching, one that won't spook the animal, and when that lens swivels sideways, you get a high intensity white light for ID, and shot placement. It is lighter than a rheostat and lighter than a two bulb spotlight, simple lightweight and silent. This is a setup for hunting from a vehicle where legal.
Anyone can make one. Coffee can, aircraft landing bulb, rig up a few lengths of rod and a cam, pivot sideways like a choke on a carburator. The lens disappears when you pull the trigger. This is old news, out here!
Good hunting. LB
edit: notice those two strips of foam inside the can that centers the red lens when it springs back?
[ May 19, 2006, 09:06 AM: Message edited by: Leonard ]
Posted by Jimmm (Member # 865) on May 20, 2006, 04:08 PM:
Hey Leonard,
What it the housing behind the coffee can? It that somehting thats custom made?
Jimmm
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on May 20, 2006, 04:18 PM:
Well, that's what it looks like? Been a while since I handled the ones that this fella makes? I have made similiar, but used an auto parts store spotlight and just added the cowling and the flipper lens and mechanism. Looks like he is making them from scratch? I know enough about this design to tell you that it's a good one and it works very well. But, it's not the only solution. I can think of at least three completely different styles of hunting light.
Good hunting. LB
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