Shutterbugsailer Loc: Staten Island NY (AKA Cincinnati by the Sea)

This is My Rifle; This is My Gun. This is for shooting, and this is for fun

Tomcat5133 Loc: Gladwyne PA

Wow is that supposed to make it easier to shoot stills at long distances?
I am a sailor and always had problems shooting on my sailboats.

Fotoartist Loc: Detroit, Michigan

800mm?

I Derfdog

Good Grief. What is the diameter of the objective on that beast?

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Care to provide some details about the equipment being displayed?
--Bob

Shutterbugsailer Loc: Staten Island NY (AKA Cincinnati by the Sea)

The camera is a Nikon 810, The lens is a 200-400, F4, and the stock is an actual gun accessory.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Thanks. I was pretty sure it was a Nikon, just not which one. I'd be really interested in the stock and any mods you made. It looks like it might work well with my 1000mm lens.
--Bob

Toment Loc: FL, IL

Looks like fun!
TSA wouldn’t be amused, I’m sure...

David C.

About 10 years ago I went on a trip back to Alaska, with my son. I lived there while in the military and never really got to explore the interior towns and Denali. I also wanted to use my interest in photography to record the trip. I modified a Zenit "Photo Sniper" stock for use with my Topcon RE and my 500mm f:5.6 or 300mm f:2.8 Topcon R lens. I found the gun like stock in a box of used photography equipment being sold at a R&M auction while stationed in Turkey. That same box included a Visoflex series I, and many Leica goodies including a Telyt 400mm f:5 and Thambar 90mm f:2.2. The box also included several cameras both Russian Zenit SLR's and Federal (all LTM's) and German Leica IIf and IIIf series. I lucked out with the $25.00 box of goodies. I have not used the Topcon long lens options for a while now but you have re-fueled my interest. I have a trip planned for later this month. I also wonder what they will say at the airport??? David C.

rmorrison1116 Loc: Near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

I'd be willing to bet even the slowest TSA personnel can recognize the difference between a camera and lens and a weapon.
The second photo would be much cooler had he removed the lens cover.
All in all I'm all for any device the helps hand held use of larger lenses. Beats lugging a gimbal on tripod into the woods.

wrangler5 Loc: Missouri

You're probably right as to the lens, but you'd almost certainly lose that bet as to the shoulder stock for the setup. It's my understanding that you can't take anything in the cabin that even LOOKS like it MIGHT be a weapon. I'm thinking specifically of a commemorative solid metal casting in the shape of the rifle cartridge Tom Sellick used in Quigley Down Under. They were chrome plated, with Sellick's signature embossed on one side and a hole through the base for a keychain. I understand they were confiscated at TSA checkpoints.

I had a conversation with a TSA agent recently about carrying an empty pistol holster in carry-on luggage. I will sometimes put a pistol in checked luggage when I fly and go through the appropriate process at the check in counter to stay legal with it. If the gun is stolen in transit I can replace it in a few days, but the holster would take months to replace, so I'd rather lower the risk of losing it by keeping it with me. The TSA guy said that a holster is clearly NOT on the list of prohibited items, but there was still a risk that some particular agent would decide to confiscate it, so it would be better to just check it too.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Does that thing shoot Stingers or RPGs?
I could see some low IQ type thinking the camera and lenses is some kind of super sniper sight mounted on a weird type of gun.

Watch for a clone of that rig on some TV show. Maybe as a laser rifle/blaster on a cheap budget Sci Fi show.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Don't bet too much on that.

A quote attributed to Einstein "I know of only two things that are infinite, the Universe and human stupidity. And I am not certain of the first."

After all there were cases of a GI Joe action figure's little plastic rifle being taken from a little kid boarding a plane.

Reconvic Loc: clermont Fl

I WANT ONE!!!!

CO

That ain't nothin. This lens looks like it could be a weapon. Just kidding around! It looks like you've got a great setup with the gun stock. It looks like it would work very well.

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