User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Chameleos (4th Gen)/@comment-26421638-20160514090517/@comment-4370375-20160515025212

Chameleos' weapons and armor all have a magic motif in the main series with the aforementioned Palico/Prowler armor being a little cat genie so a lamp bowgun makes sense from that perspective.