Lol I meant bears.I encounter beers almost every time I go into the woods...
Sometimes lots and lots of beers...
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I’m not so sure a 9mm would be totally inadequate for cougars or black bears (or for that matter, wolves) anyway.
I encounter beers almost every time I go into the woods... Sometimes lots and lots of beers...
Back when I lived in Utah, I carried a Ruger standard .22, and then whatever centerfire handgun I owned at the time. The only 'real' trailgun I owned was a 6" Charter Arms Pathfinder in .357, but that got traded away when I needed a more compact weapon for work.
Not against the wildlife as much as the occasional pack of feral dogs I and my backpacking pals sometimes ran into. Got myself treed once by them and decided never again. For a time, I even toted a compact Tec-9 with a couple 30 round sticks, but that was too heavy and awkward, not to mention made me feel like a gunshop commando. Still, it gave me a good feeling if I ever crossed paths with another large pack of wild dogs again. Only happened to me twice, first when I was unarmed, and the second when all I had was the .22 pistol.
Now when I go tramping about the woods, all I have is my EDC on me, because open carry here isn't legal. No matter, not much here to worry about other than the two legged variety of varmint, lol. Bears aren't prevalent and tend to avoid people.
On overnight or longer trips, I'll carry a spare magazine, but I can't imagine a situation that I couldn't handle with the 18 rounds in the weapon.
I'd love a PMR-30, however, they're not legal here in the People's Republic of New York because of the capacity. And my backpacking days are long past after breaking my back. I had the Tec-9 in 87-88 and ended up trading it for the CA .357 because I got tired of humping the extra weight around. By then, the local authorities had gotten the feral dog population where we hiked and camped under better control and I didn't feel the need anymore. Only two incidents, one before I could legally own a handgun when I got treed, and the second with my .22 where I popped the alphas and the pack backed off. Plus I wasn't alone and between the five of us we got more than a few of them.Rick - if the feral dogs was the only thing you would be concerned about, what about carrying the Keltec PMR-30, a polymer pistol in .22 Mag that has a 30 round magazine? Not big enough for anything more than dogs or 'yotes but the capacity would handle most packs with ease.
Truck - that was a cute and bold little pup. Unfortunately, with bold curiosity like that, it may never get the chance to breed.
I didn't see this asked already, and if I missed it I'm sorry, but what's the advantage of a G29 with a 4.5" barrel and X-Grip over a G20?When I was getting ready to leave for yesterday's excursion, I grabbed my go-to woods gun; a Glock G29 Gen 4 in 10mm. It has a KKM 4.5" barrel, Dawson fiber optic sights, and an X-Grip adapter so I can run a G20 15-round magazine with my custom reloads which feature my own 200gr hard cast bullets.
I didn't see this asked already, and if I missed it I'm sorry, but what's the advantage of a G29 with a 4.5" barrel and X-Grip over a G20?
Yesterday, I went out into the Idaho mountains to do some huckleberry picking with my great dane/lab mix.
I'd try the UDAP first.
I used Saber Red on this little bastard