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    LEVERAGED FOR SURVIVAL

    Jan 13, 2021 7 minutes
    By Rob Curtis

    Getting stranded by a broken plane in the rugged wilds of the North American backcountry can leave a person feeling a bit unprepared.

    “I spend a lot of time in Canada and Alaska flying in bush planes, and at one time, not long ago, Canada required bush pilots to carry a firearm in their plane,” says Andy Larsson, an avid backcountry hunter and owner of Skinner Sights. “I’ve been set down in the backcountry with a storm coming, tied up not where we intended to be, for the better part of 24 hours.” Larsson says. Experiencing that feeling of unpreparedness led him to develop his carbine-based Bush Pilot Survival Kit.

    THE KIT

    The kit is based around a specially made Winchester Model 1892 Takedown Carbine clone, with a 16.5-inch barrel chambered in 44 Remington Magnum. It includes a large survival/camp knife, a magnesium fire starter, storm-proof matches, 50 feet of paracord, an ultralight tent made from space blanket material, a robust and useful compass, and a small emergency stove with a few fuel tablets. All this, including the rifle and a box

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