Could it be done in a Stag...?

[jagorstag]

Interesting road trip in a vintage Alfa!

https://youtu.be/zewyoiAUEB0

[barkerwilliams]

Stag would need a towbar fitted to enable water bowser to be taken along.


Alan

[mole42]

I’m booking the ferry to Ireland, I’ll do it the other way around… my Stag would do that trip easily

[RobinLegin]

I will stick to UK, Ireland and mainland Europe. That’s the limit of my breakdown cover. Anyway there are far fewer people around with AK 47s than in Africa. A South African colleague claimed there were more AK 47s than people in SA!

[garyf]

I will stick to UK, Ireland and mainland Europe. That’s the limit of my breakdown cover. Anyway there are far fewer people around with AK 47s than in Africa. A South African colleague claimed there were more AK 47s than people in SA!

Agreed,and I wouldn't go anywhere near an Islamic country in a tank let alone a Stag.....

[RobinLegin]

Whilst I know how to handle accurately the old Lee Enfield .303” and SLR 762mm I’m out of my depth with an AK47. I gather they fire high though!

[jagorstag]

Whilst I know how to handle accurately the old Lee Enfield .303” and SLR 762mm I’m out of my depth with an AK47. I gather they fire high though!

I’d say that’s a bit of a myth though, the Finnish RK62 is a licensed version of the AK47 and is surprisingly accurate up to 300 metres.

I assume the reputation for firing high may come from inexperienced users firing full-auto bursts instead of actually aiming and using semi-auto firing.

It is nevertheless an amazing piece of engineering, very simple but astoundingly rugged and reliable, it’ll keep working even if it is almost full of debris inside the mechanism.

[RobinLegin]

Probably true. But the Lee Enfield was accurate at 500 yards and in the right hands up to a mile. Army snipers continued using them even after the SLR came into service.
Sorry guys, taken you off the subject matter. As previously mentioned I will stick to Europe with my Stag.

[Paul Kelley]

Interesting story and thanks for sharing. Gets you wondering how far anyone has taken a Stag. I know the two rally guys with the blue Stag went across north America, I think covering around 6,000 miles (clearly didn't go in a straight line.....).

[mole42]

Well, I know several Stags that have done the Round Britain, 2000 miles in a weekend. Mine has done that and several trips into Europe of over 1000 miles so I don’t believe there’s a limitation on Stag mileage. It is, after all, a long-distance tourer.
As my Stag regularly does 10,000 miles between annual MOT tests i would say that a regularly used Stag could do any run that the drivers were capable of doing.

[bullstarz]

"Whilst I know how to handle accurately the old Lee Enfield .303” and SLR 762mm I’m out of my depth with an AK47. I gather they fire high though! " That a big ass SLR. 500 yards to a mile with iron sights, really.

[Paul Kelley]

FWIW my old school CCF unit regularly went to Bisley rifle range and practised on the 500 yard range using Lee Enfield .303s with standard adjustable sights. Under close army supervision, obviously! It was very accurate over that distance, even in the hands of trainees, once you had a few sighting shots to adjust for side wind, in particular. Then the challenge was five rounds, rapid fire. The maximum range is stated as 3000 yards, so I suppose 1 mile accuracy not out of the question under 'ideal' conditions - but which they rarely are!

[Steve JP]

Well, I know several Stags that have done the Round Britain, 2000 miles in a weekend. Mine has done that and several trips into Europe of over 1000 miles so I don’t believe there’s a limitation on Stag mileage. It is, after all, a long-distance tourer.
As my Stag regularly does 10,000 miles between annual MOT tests i would say that a regularly used Stag could do any run that the drivers were capable of doing.

Agree totally, mine has done both RBRR and the 10 Countries Run without any incidents at all, sadly over the last couple of years my annual mileage has reduced for various reasons, not all Stag related, although during the last year I had to have some self inflicted body damage repaired and the heads removed to replace a blown head gasket which impacted on its use.