Any single shot survival/truck guns?

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mac66 -- really nice set up. Here is mine.

Old Stevens 12 gauge cut down to 18.5". Nothing fancy but gets the job done. I don't even think it kicks too bad.

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I like how your AR15 is photobombing that pic. :)

Anyone try the Aguila Mini Shells in their 12 gauge single shot? They make versions loaded with buckshot, slugs, and birdshot. The birdshot is 5/8 oz. of #7.5s, which puts it in the .410 class.
 
Thanks, if you look close there are 2 there :)

I have used reduced recoil buckshot before -- worked well and was easier for me to find than the mini shells.
 
No worries. I actually didn't buy it. I got this shotgun from a friend back when it had some ridiculous ~30" barrel -- he had the shell sleeve on it when I bought it.
 
Dirty Bob said:
Just out of curiousity: does anyone besides me like a .410 single shot? My tiny Yildiz weighs in at around 3 pounds. Its 21-inch barrel was cut to that length so it's even with the butt when the gun is folded for pack carry or storage.

Light and small, but at ten yards it throws five 000 buckshot in a pattern smaller than the bottom of a beverage can. Birdshot patterns at short range are good, too. I like it!

All my best,
Dirty Bob
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Never tried a .410 single since my first shotgun was the mossy. But, I have been keeping an eye out for either a Winchester or a Marlin .410 lever. I prowl used gun racks often, so one will show up, in the right condition and price, sooner or later.
 
That's what I'M talking about. NOW he just needs to shorten the stock a tad (staying in the legal min for sure).
 
Here in PA we aren't allowed to have long guns with ammo in the same compartment of a motor vehicle but we can carry loaded revolving shot pistols with LTCF. I find the best answer to a carjacking is 00 buck from a .410 revolver ie. Judge or Governor. Both give higher round counts not afforded with a single shot shotgun or even a double derringer like Bond or American sells. Yeah, at home a 12ga pump would be the answer but not when out and about. YMMV. tom. :cool:
 
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Even with the likes of an H&R, shotgun barrel walls are fairly thin and not nearly as indestructible as you may think.
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Not with my 10 gauge H&R Turkey gun. I bought it for hunting geese and it's awesome. 24" barrel, gun weighs 9 lbs, but trust me, that's a good thing. :D It's threaded for chokes. I have an extra full turkey it came with and a modified that patterns steel T shot over 90 percent at 40 yards on a 30" pattern board. I understand it will take Browning BPS 10 choke tubes. The thing reaches out there on those decoy shy snows. I kinda prefer my 20 gauge Spartan coach gun for an all around gun around the place, though. It's light, has screw in chokes, patterns well and is a dove slayer. I keep it in the bedroom loaded with 3 buck for self defense duties. It set me back 300 bucks about 6 or 7 years ago. Around the place, that's my main utility shotgun. The light weight totes a lot easier than the H&R. :D

I don't normally carry a long gun, but after the verdict of the trial we ain't supposed to talk about, I was taking it along behind the seat of my Silverado for a while, only when I went to a bigger town, not too many of them around here.

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Dirty Bob said:
Just out of curiousity: does anyone besides me like a .410 single shot? My tiny Yildiz weighs in at around 3 pounds. Its 21-inch barrel was cut to that length so it's even with the butt when the gun is folded for pack carry or storage.

Light and small, but at ten yards it throws five 000 buckshot in a pattern smaller than the bottom of a beverage can. Birdshot patterns at short range are good, too. I like it!

All my best,
Dirty Bob
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I'm a fan. I bought one a few months ago and it is our home defense gun. It is light and handy, can safely be stored loaded, and I find five 000 buck to be plenty. However the biggest factor was that my wife can shoot it. We also have a 12ga pump but it kicks too hard, she short strokes it, and always forgets to push the slide release to chamber the first round.

I don't worry about only having one shot. The probability of a home invasion is tiny. The probability of being attacked by a group of armed thugs that will press their attack in the face of incoming fire is so small it approach's zero. The last murder in my town was in 2009 and that was a murder/suicide where the wife shot her husband in his sleep then shot herself when the police arrived. That was the first murder in more than a decade.
 
A 000 buck load in a .410 is pretty serious stuff. I've done some penetration testing, and they were impressive, though I saw more pellet deformation from firing than I expected. Some of the buckshot had been significantly flattened.

It sounds like you have one of the Mossberg .410 pump guns. They are much more pleasant to shoot than my (extremely light) single shot .410 Yildiz.

All my best,
Dirty Bob
 
I picked up a H&R 20 Guage single shot for 45 dollars at an auction 2 years ago.Haven't shot it much,have to do something about that.
 
I picked up a H&R 20 Gauge single shot for 45 dollars at an auction...
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Outstanding.

I just paid over twice that for an H&R 20ga I put a deposit on, yesterday... and I pick it up weekend after next. I'm excited.

I just whittled the barrel on another H&R, a 12ga... but this 20ga methinks I'll leave long (I believe it's a 26" barrel). I do know that it's another one made in 1940, just like my 12!

What vintage is yours? Post the first half of the serial number and I'll look it up!

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Why shorten it at all? Look for one of the youth versions and just add an adult length buttstock.
That way you get a short barrel and you keep the choke.
 
Dirty Bob - you got a pic? What is your OAL? I've always appreciated the pure functionality and simple class of single shots. Might be because my first gun was a H&R 098 Topper youth model.
 
H&R Survivor is the ticket!

I have the H&R Survivor .410/45LC it is an awesome and flexible little package! Highly recommended, that is if the OP is ok with .410. but they also have a 20g. I also have the Ultra Hunter .223 with the heavy bull barrel, and am so happy with both of these, I would never look back! So much so, I have my sights set on picking up the 30-30 and the 357, on that thought, if anyone here has either of those they would want to unload, I'm game (pardon the puns!) LOL
 
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