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Topic: New flippers
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Nahuatl
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posted May 18, 2006 09:32 AM
Picked these up Saturday. Look familiar?
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Locohead
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posted May 18, 2006 10:07 AM
Looks like a 45 mm. Get it? ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
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Leonard
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posted 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
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greasewood
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posted May 18, 2006 11:04 PM
The flipper is mainly for solo hunting so you don't have to juggle two lights?
GW
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bigben
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posted May 19, 2006 08:12 AM
who makes them? I would be interested in buying one. looks good whoever makes em.
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Leonard
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posted 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 ]
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Jimmm
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posted May 20, 2006 04:08 PM
Hey Leonard,
What it the housing behind the coffee can? It that somehting thats custom made?
Jimmm
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Leonard
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posted 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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