Do you carry anything unusual in your camera bag?
Mar 4, 2024 15:23:18 #
Retired CPO wrote:
I carry a Model 1911 .45 ACP! Don't know if that would be considered unusual??
DITTO sometimes and also bear spray.
InReach sat texter GPS
Mar 4, 2024 15:24:47 #
Longshadow wrote:
One of my cousins used to live in Alaska and went to many remote areas.
She carried a .45. She'd be a fool not to.
Bears......
(Anything smaller would only make them mad.)
She carried a .45. She'd be a fool not to.
Bears......
(Anything smaller would only make them mad.)
And I hope that like the rest of us she filed off the front sight blade.
Mar 4, 2024 15:29:47 #
fantom wrote:
DITTO sometimes and also bear spray.
InReach sat texter GPS
InReach sat texter GPS
Clarification to my referenced text.
Bear spray is for the mountains, .45 or .40 is for the city.
Mar 4, 2024 15:53:53 #
Retired CPO wrote:
Of course. A 0.45 is a stopped down version of a 0.458 Weatherby & is hand held. Makes a great point & shoot. I don't consider it a surprise! Just common sense! Others might see things differently. 
It does make my bag a bit heavy. Just had to stop carrying a rarely used lens. The .45 is more important!
It does make my bag a bit heavy. Just had to stop carrying a rarely used lens. The .45 is more important!
Mar 4, 2024 16:05:36 #
Barre
Loc: Fairfax Co, VA
b top gun wrote:
When I go on Nikon holiday, I spread my cash around and some of it is buried in my camera back pack.
That makes good sense
Mar 4, 2024 16:15:16 #
An emergency position-indicating radiobeacon " EPIRB" It's a lot more useful than a weapon if you get lost or injured.
Mar 4, 2024 16:53:52 #
Uhm I don't have a camera bag. I used to carry a 1911 back before 1975 but I was very bad. I couldn't hit a pop can at 30feet.
Mar 4, 2024 17:09:11 #
fantom wrote:
And I hope that like the rest of us she filed off the front sight blade.
Beats me...
Why would one do that? To prevent hangups?
Mar 4, 2024 17:10:08 #
BebuLamar wrote:
Uhm I don't have a camera bag. I used to carry a 1911 back before 1975 but I was very bad. I couldn't hit a pop can at 30feet.
Good news, bear bigger than pop can.....
Mar 4, 2024 17:10:34 #
Retired CPO wrote:
I carry a Model 1911 .45 ACP! Don't know if that would be considered unusual??
Not unusual to me.
Mar 4, 2024 17:11:42 #
Dennis833 wrote:
An emergency position-indicating radiobeacon " EPIRB" It's a lot more useful than a weapon if you get lost or injured.
Yea, lost or injured, not real good for bears though.
Mar 4, 2024 17:46:52 #
Dennis833 wrote:
An emergency position-indicating radiobeacon " EPIRB" It's a lot more useful than a weapon if you get lost or injured.
I use a Garmin InReach GPS with 24/7 emergency monitoring. It can connect anywhere in the world except deep canyons, caves and very dense forests etc. With the punch of a couple of buttons I can send an emergency message that I need help and they can read my location and take appropriate action.
I hope, however, that the SOS function works better than the cumbersome, horribly engineered programming of the GPS portion of the device.
Mar 4, 2024 17:49:40 #
Longshadow wrote:
Beats me...
Why would one do that? To prevent hangups?
Why would one do that? To prevent hangups?
I cannot explain here.
I suggest you call the toll free number of any good sporting goods store in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Homer etc and ask for someone in the gun dept. That person would be glad to explain this Alaskan tradition.
Mar 4, 2024 17:51:27 #
I have heard of guys carrying a .45 with teflonized black talon rounds w/cyanide tips. Apparently they penetrate; a nick gets the job done.
Disclaimer- Not a practice if mine.
Disclaimer- Not a practice if mine.
Mar 4, 2024 17:55:16 #
fantom wrote:
I use a Garmin InReach GPS with 24/7 emergency monitoring. It can connect anywhere in the world except deep canyons, caves and very dense forests etc. With the punch of a couple of buttons I can send an emergency message that I need help and they can read my location and take appropriate action.
I hope, however, that the SOS function works better than the cumbersome, horribly engineered programming of the GPS portion of the device.
I hope, however, that the SOS function works better than the cumbersome, horribly engineered programming of the GPS portion of the device.
My brother had an InReach device while motorcycling through South America. In Argentina, he hit soft sand on a dirt road and took a header over the handle bars. The SOS went out automatically. We were notified in the US before the ambulance arrived at a rural hospital. He ended up being air evacuated to a hospital in Seattle because the local hospital was not equipped to treat his injuries. Fortunately, he bought the insurance for just such a possibility.
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