The Frontier Sixshooter Community Message Board - Alaskan Adventure, well sort'a

Alaskan Adventure, well sort'a (reply)

Murphy — Sat, 23 Sep 2023 02:02:23 +0000

I worked the Alaskan pipeline during 1975-1976. About 10 weeks during 1975 starting around mid September until mid November. My first hitch starting just past the Yukon for a few weeks at one work camp, then on up the road a bit to camp Old Man. A few more weeks and wrapped up that hitch in Coldfoot camp, just inside the artic circle. Got caught up in a layoff for the winter and went back in the spring of 1976 for a 14 week straight hitch, 90% of which I was at Coldfoot Camp. The Brooks Range is gorgeous. Coldfoot sat along a fork in the Koyukuk River, beautiful. And the northern lights there have to be seen to believe.

I do wish it had been a hunting trip like I'd read about from my younger days. None the less, I was blessed to have gotten to spend the time there.

Murphy

Yes. I had the .348 and my Freedom Arms 454 Casull (reply)

JimT — Fri, 22 Sep 2023 23:40:00 +0000

The Model 71 belonged to one of the Founders of The Shootists ... Robert Smythe. He bought it brand new in the 1930's and I got it from his widow after he passed. When I moved to Mozambique I sold it to Bill Gilson with the provision that it always stay in The Shootists, should he be moved to sell it.

Alaskan Adventure (reply)

Slow Hand — Fri, 22 Sep 2023 22:23:07 +0000

Looks great! Bugs don’t sound like much fun, though…

Looks like you had a 71 Winchester n assuming a 348? Did you carry a handgun too?

Alaskan Adventure

JimT — Fri, 22 Sep 2023 13:57:41 +0000

Back in 2006 3 friends and myself spent a week in the Alaskan bush, up near the Arctic Circle. We had worked at getting ready to do for over a year, previously. We were hunting wolves and bear, and while we never connected it was one of THE BEST hunts I have ever done! I believe everyone else felt the same way. To this day it was one of the best memories of hunts that I have.

We all met up in Fairbanks and then drove up to Circle on the Yukon River. There we put the boat in the water and went North until we found a site that looked good for camping and hunting. An amazing time in amazing country!

I had posted photos and text on Leverguns but somehow the link to them was never posted. Just yesterday I discovered they are still on there and if you are interested, you can access the pages via this link: https://www.leverguns.com/alaska/Default.htm