D.B. Cooper
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This one is a little different. This might not even be the right subforum but here goes.
I bought a new side by side recently, and I'm thinking about a "truck gun" to just always have in an overhead rack. Something to augment my hunting/bear defense rifle that I would use for the random encounter with grouse and rabbits.
Of the guns I currently own, my scoped Marlin Model 60 and my vintage (1947) Winchester Model 24 20 ga double are the only "small game" guns I have. I don't relish abusing my Winchester. My other option, that I already own, is to continue to carry my 32 cal revolver, with which I have taken a few grouse last season. (Surprisingly little meat damage.)
Or I could just buy something new to me.
My first thought is a Savage Model 24 o/u in 22LR/410. I don't much like the 410. The 20 is much better. I've never seen/heard of a 22LR/20 Savage 24. (And it would be neigh unto impossible to find any Savage 24 used, and I don't really like the modern model 42-too flimsy.)
Another option is some version of a single barrel, break open 20 ga.
Another option is a Henry Survival 22, but, other than storing it under the seat (and being very slow to put into action) I don't see what that gives me over my Marlin Mod 60. (Plus I hate guns with detachable magazines.)
And that's about all the ideas I have. Did I miss something?
I bought a new side by side recently, and I'm thinking about a "truck gun" to just always have in an overhead rack. Something to augment my hunting/bear defense rifle that I would use for the random encounter with grouse and rabbits.
Of the guns I currently own, my scoped Marlin Model 60 and my vintage (1947) Winchester Model 24 20 ga double are the only "small game" guns I have. I don't relish abusing my Winchester. My other option, that I already own, is to continue to carry my 32 cal revolver, with which I have taken a few grouse last season. (Surprisingly little meat damage.)
Or I could just buy something new to me.
My first thought is a Savage Model 24 o/u in 22LR/410. I don't much like the 410. The 20 is much better. I've never seen/heard of a 22LR/20 Savage 24. (And it would be neigh unto impossible to find any Savage 24 used, and I don't really like the modern model 42-too flimsy.)
Another option is some version of a single barrel, break open 20 ga.
Another option is a Henry Survival 22, but, other than storing it under the seat (and being very slow to put into action) I don't see what that gives me over my Marlin Mod 60. (Plus I hate guns with detachable magazines.)
And that's about all the ideas I have. Did I miss something?