I like rifles. accuracy and range + power. Shotguns are definitely the most versatile though. Pistols are fun to the shoot but seem to be a little impractical unless you want to shoot someone. There are exceptions of course.
I've heard so many things regarding this subject and no one seems to agree. Do you want to shoot rifled slugs out of a rifled barrel or sabots and why? To me sabots seem more logical because the rifling on the slugs seems like they might interfere with the barrel rifling, but I'm probably wrong.
I'm not sure but I think it's mainly the finish and stock, possibly the trigger as well. The action and the barrel are the same. I THINK. The 700 just comes with a better finish and more bells and whistles. I've owned a 700 adl and it was a fine rifle. Any 770 I've held at the store just...
I heard that about a 10mm. Thats interesting and I'll look into it. I do like the reliability of a revolver though. I have looked at the Alaskan. It might be the one I end up going for assuming I can find one.
I'd do the .44 mag with leverevolutions. Plenty of power for deer out to 100 yards, not as much recoil (hence easier to shoot accurately), and much handier to carry around in the woods.
I'd go for the 30-06. Put 125s in it and nail yote's (you MIGHT save the pelt) or put 220s in it and go for brown bear. Do 180s for elk, moose and black bear, and 150s for deer and caribou. Of course you can do all this with the 308 as well, except maybe brown bear. An old guide I talked to...
Just looked it up.
Under hunting license exemptions:
"Landowners, or lessees of farmland who farm that land and are residents of Indiana, their spouses and children living with them, while hunting, fishing or trapping on the land they own or lease. This exemption does not apply to land...
Don't need a license to hunt on land you own. You do have to comply with all other hunting regs though. So you shouldn't go out with your ought-six and a spotlight. Though I don't know who would stop you....
Mossburg 500s are relatively cheap and pretty good guns. I carried one all summer for bear defense in AK (3 inch slugs and 00). Took it out and shot it after 3 days of slogging through the alders in the mud and rain and it still functioned well. My buddy uses one in 12 gauge smooth bore for...
Matches (strike anywhere in a waterproof container)
Lighter
Swedish Fire Steel
Also a ziplock with cotton balls soaked in vaseline. great tinder
I can make a bow drill as a last resort, but practice the heck out of that before you rely on it.
So what do you all think? Which is a better 44. mag? My dad has a redhawk which I've shot multiple times and it seems pretty nice. However, I worked up in Alaska last summer and everyone and their brother had a 629 for bear defense. I shot one of those and they seemed pretty similar to a...