A compass in the stock and this thing which tells time

[1KPerDay]

Yesterday at Cabela's I saw a Remington .270 (some old model bolt action) with an actual compass in the stock. I wanted to buy it soooo bad.

It was at the top of the buttstock behind the comb. Appeared to be functional, too!

 

[Robert]

I'd question the accuracy of a compass that close to metal...just saying.

 

[rcmodel]

Poly Choke Gunners Guide.

Actually, they are very accurate.

http://books.google.com/books?id=DC...nepage&q=poly choke gun stock compass&f=false

There are several on eBay right now.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Poly-Choke-...745019?pt=Vintage_Hunting&hash=item4d2629a43b

rc

 

[Vern Humphrey]

I'm an old compass and pace count Infantryman. For over 50 years I've had a little compass on the strap of my wrist watch -- if you know how to use them, and understand land navigation, they're great things.

 

[AK103K]

I'd question the accuracy of a compass that close to metal...just saying.

Me too. Pretty much every instruction Ive ever had in regards to using a compass, told you to watch any metal on or near you. Its enough that I always had to pay attention to take my glasses off when getting an azimuth off my compass, as it made a fairly large difference.

Then again, it youre just dealing in generalities, its probably "close enough".

I'm an old compass and pace count Infantryman. For over 50 years I've had a little compass on the strap of my wrist watch -- if you know how to use them, and understand land navigation, they're great things.

Even in this day and age of the GPS, a map and compass are still integral part of the over all package, or at least for me they are. I only really use the GPS to confirm my location on the map. The rest of the time, Im navigating by pacing a azimuth.

 

[moxie]

Radium's likely dead, if indeed it's actually radium. Wonder how "shockproof" they really are. Neat collector item though.

 

[MistWolf]

All I want for Christmas is a Red Ryder carbine-action, two hundred shot Range Model air rifle with a compass in the stock and this thing which tells time

 

[Voodoochile]

Not on a rifle but I do have a compass on my 1991 Sky - Sky Hawk Recurve that is still accurate & it does com in handy.

 

[kBob]

Fred Bear bought a pile of them to put on bows, but then someone said they looked tacky and they went into storage. The little things surfaced round Gainesville Fl ( were he moved manufacture after Greyling) for ages.

I considered mounting one in a .22 rifle stock I had.

-kBob

 

[Vern Humphrey]

Suunto makes a quality compass that fits on a watch band -- I've used one for years. One great advantage of such a compass over a rifle stock compass is that you can use it one-handed, without disturbing the lay of your rifle.

 

[Enfielder]

I just bought an old Savage 99 that has the same compass in the stock. I checked it against my standard and it is close enough to get you out of the woods. I see a lot of old guns here in Vermont and that compass (or one like it) was pretty popular to stick in the stock. I got lost one night about ten years ago in the Finger Lakes and I'd still be out there if it weren't for the compass that was built in to my watch that gave me an idea which way was North.

 

[mdauben]

Yesterday at Cabela's I saw a Remington .270 (some old model bolt action) with an actual compass in the stock.

I know Marbles USA used to make a compass that was intended to be inlet into a gun stock. Cool idea although I did wonder about the metal in the gun interfering with the compass reading.

Even in this day and age of the GPS, a map and compass are still integral part of the over all package, or at least for me they are.

Oh, yeah! Batteries wear out, and GPS often won't work under heavy tree cover.

 

[Vern Humphrey]

Oh, yeah! Batteries wear out, and GPS often won't work under heavy tree cover.

Even more important, the map allows you to "see" the terrain. You can plan routes, avoid obstacles, and determine coordinates to destinations by eyeball. A GPS doesn't give you that broad overview.

 

[Offfhand]

This Mannlicher carbine was once owned by a famous hunter/explorer who wrote about hunting with the rifle on his worldwide adventures. The compass in the stock was installed by Griffin & Howe when they installed the G&H mounts and Alaskan scope on rifle some 65 years ago

 

[eastbank]

my winchester 1894 rifle in 32-40 made in 1913 has a compass in back of the lever, i don,t know how long it has been there as it was there when i bought it. eastbank.

 

[kBob]

Vern,

You have the M9 compass or the clipper? Does that clipper stay on a watch band well?

I am amazed on every Scout campout that it seems there are always a boy or three that does not have a compass. My own son once reported he had no compass.....he forgot there was a cheap but usable one on his jacket zipper!

Once had a boy glance at my cheap match safe with a compass in the cap and ask, "That doesn't really work does it?" He then truly freaked out when I used the striker bar glued to the side to start a fire without using any of my matches inside the safe. Makes one wonder where todays boys are coming from.

At last nights meeting one of the new boys that just moved up form WEBLOS stated he had no idea how a compass works or how to use one. I guess my boy gets to do some training of a younger scout on our next outing.

-kBob

 

[mdauben]

At last nights meeting one of the new boys that just moved up form WEBLOS stated he had no idea how a compass works or how to use one. I guess my boy gets to do some training of a younger scout on our next outing.

IIRC they called that "orienteering" when I was in the Scouts and everyone learned it during camp. Of course, we were a bunch of city boys. I was unusual in that my parents actually took us camping on vacation.

 

[Justin]

Pretty sure that Ralphie would just get one of these today:

https://troyind.com/products/gps-nav-stock-wgarmin-gps-blk

 

[rcmodel]

just moved up form WEBLOS stated he had no idea how a compass works or how to use one.

There are a Whole lot of kids today that don't know the Sun comes up in the East and sets in the West!!!

Or how to tell general directions from that small scrap of info.

Left alone how to use a compass.

(You mean there is N & S too?)

rc

 

[jmorris]

I'd question the accuracy of a compass that close to metal...just saying.

Is it any closer to metal than one in the instrument panel of an aircraft?

 

[eldon519]

The original "smart rifle"

 

[Vern Humphrey]

IIRC they called that "orienteering" when I was in the Scouts and everyone learned it during camp. Of course, we were a bunch of city boys. I was unusual in that my parents actually took us camping on vacation.

I co-authored the Infantry School's Orienteering Handbook, and I believe it's still in print. You can get a copy by writing to them.

I taught scouts Orienteering, and I start by saying, "A map shows you three things, distance, direction and the shape of the ground."

Then we'd go over contours until they understood them, and work on measuring distance and direction.

And ALWAYS use a Silva-style protractor compass.

 

[sage5907]

I bought a pre 64 Model 70 stock several years ago that had a compass on the rear of the stock. The stock had excellent wood and I wasn't very happy that it had the compass so I removed the compass and filled in the spot with brown glass bedding in the shape of an elongated diamond. The change looked good. I drilled a hole in the end of a shooting stick and set the compass flush with the wood as before. Since I always carry a shooting stick when hunting I will always have a compass to hunt in deep woods or steep mountains. I also have the Silva compass mentioned by Vern and I use it all time when camping to set up my satellite dish.

 

[Art Eatman]

One of my several compasses. Older'n I am!

 

[Averageman]

I'm an old compass and pace count Infantryman. For over 50 years I've had a little compass on the strap of my wrist watch -- if you know how to use them, and understand land navigation, they're great things.

Plus you can tell exactly what time you got lost Vern.