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As is Tradition.. My birthday is coming up so that means time to buy myself a gun!
I would like to buy a gun this year for the purpose of hog hunting (I think).
I do own a Timberwolf .357Mag Pump Rifle already; but wondering if that's "enough gun" for a Hog. Advantages of course is that I can pair it up with my Ruger GP100 and just carry 357Mag loads for both guns [Cowboy Logistics (tm)].
But thinking I might need a little more gun; my 3 choices are:
1) Ruger .44 Carbine
2) Remington 870 Express Compact Jr. Synthetic in 20 Gauge
3) Mossberg SA-20 synthetic with pistol grip in 20 Gauge also
I find this gun Fugly as hell; but if it's purposeful, I don't care.
I already own a 20 gauge Browning BPS and prefer 20 gauge to 12; but my 28" barrel is not as dextile as these two shotguns.
The gun I REALLY want to take hunting; and have been looking for; for 3 years with no luck is the Remington 7600Police Carbine in 308.. It's comes with a MUCH longer sight radius from the ghost sights and also it's got an 18" barrel already; and it's in 308; which the rest of my rifles are in.
I have a Springfield M1A National Match which weighs a few tons; and a Mauser K98 in 308 but I don't think I can work it fast enough (left handed) if a hog was charging at me; to get a second shot off. The Remington 7600Police seems to be the perfect gun to me; I don't know how to go about acquiring it though.. so I might have to settle for another alternative.
Comments welcome!
I would like to buy a gun this year for the purpose of hog hunting (I think).
I do own a Timberwolf .357Mag Pump Rifle already; but wondering if that's "enough gun" for a Hog. Advantages of course is that I can pair it up with my Ruger GP100 and just carry 357Mag loads for both guns [Cowboy Logistics (tm)].
But thinking I might need a little more gun; my 3 choices are:
1) Ruger .44 Carbine
2) Remington 870 Express Compact Jr. Synthetic in 20 Gauge
3) Mossberg SA-20 synthetic with pistol grip in 20 Gauge also
I find this gun Fugly as hell; but if it's purposeful, I don't care.
I already own a 20 gauge Browning BPS and prefer 20 gauge to 12; but my 28" barrel is not as dextile as these two shotguns.
The gun I REALLY want to take hunting; and have been looking for; for 3 years with no luck is the Remington 7600Police Carbine in 308.. It's comes with a MUCH longer sight radius from the ghost sights and also it's got an 18" barrel already; and it's in 308; which the rest of my rifles are in.
I have a Springfield M1A National Match which weighs a few tons; and a Mauser K98 in 308 but I don't think I can work it fast enough (left handed) if a hog was charging at me; to get a second shot off. The Remington 7600Police seems to be the perfect gun to me; I don't know how to go about acquiring it though.. so I might have to settle for another alternative.
Comments welcome!