Ok friends, I have recently liquidated my old guns, in order to get married, and moved to a new state to boot.
Now I am slowly building up cash again and want to plan out my "Personal Collection".
Now I kinda wanted some opinions of you experts out there, here are my requirements.
1. Going to reload.
2. Going to go to Africa for several years, about 5 years from now.
3. Live in Indiana, shotgun only deer season, also pistol caliber rifles.
4. Hunt Turkey, Deer, Coyote, Fox, and birds.
I have a .22 plinker, so thats not included in this list.
The deer hunting is hedgerows, so I stalk along a line of trees, and either get a very quick shot at a deer I scared up, or more likely it will run out into the fields on either side, for a long shot when it turns to look back.
My cousin hunts with a .357 taurus revolver, and a CVA Optima muzzleloader across the back for the long shots..
Here is what I am thinkin of.
Savage 10 ML II, smokeless powder muzzleloader for deer, hunting etc. (will this splatter the coyotes if I try to use it for them? is there some sort of download that wont totally 100% destroy the pelts?)
Revolver of some sort, for a car gun, defense gun in Africa, and hunting for the short shots here in Indiana. .44 Mag? .45 Colt... to use the same diameter bullets at the ML?
Shotgun of course for birds, turkey etc, 870 most likely.
I think.. that should cover it.
Any suggestions as far as any of this?
What is the practicality of a Dan Wesson revolver.. with a long barrel for hunting and a 2 incher for defense?
Now, to throw a HUGE nut in the butter, I will be going to South Africa for 10+ years.
They dont allow double action revolvers, pump shotguns, or semi-auto anything. Levers are OK.
So here I sit.
Confused.
Money in my pocket but no idea how to spend it wisely.
Thoughts?
Now I am slowly building up cash again and want to plan out my "Personal Collection".
Now I kinda wanted some opinions of you experts out there, here are my requirements.
1. Going to reload.
2. Going to go to Africa for several years, about 5 years from now.
3. Live in Indiana, shotgun only deer season, also pistol caliber rifles.
4. Hunt Turkey, Deer, Coyote, Fox, and birds.
I have a .22 plinker, so thats not included in this list.
The deer hunting is hedgerows, so I stalk along a line of trees, and either get a very quick shot at a deer I scared up, or more likely it will run out into the fields on either side, for a long shot when it turns to look back.
My cousin hunts with a .357 taurus revolver, and a CVA Optima muzzleloader across the back for the long shots..
Here is what I am thinkin of.
Savage 10 ML II, smokeless powder muzzleloader for deer, hunting etc. (will this splatter the coyotes if I try to use it for them? is there some sort of download that wont totally 100% destroy the pelts?)
Revolver of some sort, for a car gun, defense gun in Africa, and hunting for the short shots here in Indiana. .44 Mag? .45 Colt... to use the same diameter bullets at the ML?
Shotgun of course for birds, turkey etc, 870 most likely.
I think.. that should cover it.
Any suggestions as far as any of this?
What is the practicality of a Dan Wesson revolver.. with a long barrel for hunting and a 2 incher for defense?
Now, to throw a HUGE nut in the butter, I will be going to South Africa for 10+ years.
They dont allow double action revolvers, pump shotguns, or semi-auto anything. Levers are OK.
So here I sit.
Confused.
Money in my pocket but no idea how to spend it wisely.
Thoughts?