Here in south-central Alaska as I head off to my weekly range session, it is 22f and windy this morning... Spring for us...
Those hats are called Mad Bombers and they are fairly popular here for temps down to zero or maybe 10 below.... Once you get into the negative 20s and worse then you need a Martin Fur hat. They are light weight, your head does not sweat and they are good down to 65 below zero.
I have a slow download speed here and my computer crapped out half way through the video... So I have some questions...
1. Did they install a lawyer safety on the tang or cross-bolt ?
2. Did they use deep rifling that would be good for heavy cast lead bullets ?
3. Do they offer a regular wood stock ?
4. How many rounds does the mag hold ?
Back when I lived above the arctic circle in the mid 80s, I usually carried a M-92 clone in 357 mag during the winter trapping season. While the 44 mag would seem to make more sense at first,,,, it turns out that during deep winter there are NO Bears.
So you might have problems with wolves, maybe a wounded wolverine and of course lots of folks get stomped by moose... But a solid 357 mag slug & common sense will work for that and 20 rounds of 357 mag in your parka pocket does not take up much room.
However, a 44 magnum carbine that will shoot heavy SOLID cast bullets is useful year-round up here, particularly while flying in the bush where a full sized rifle would be taking up space in the plane that could be better used by paying customers. I can also see it being popular with canoe and rafting guides.
Lots of outside folks do not care for the big lever loops, but they do come in handy while wearing heavy mittens. ( not the spring mittens in the video) You can train yourself to use your thumb as your trigger finger when wearing big arctic mittens. (you always have gloves on underneath)
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