"Truck Guns"

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P.B.Walsh

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Hey, I just wanted to see your ideas as to what would be the ultimate "truck gun". From 336's to tactikewl M4geres.

My idea would be a Rem. LTR in .308 with the barrel cut to 18" with some type of muzzel brake on the end (making the barrel roughly 20"), topped with a Millet DMS-1 scope.

Any and all opinions are gratefully welcome. :)
 
I got me a new one that's not to far from what you are discribing. It's an FNH PBR in 308 with a 22" barrel. Shoots real good to. I think it's a keeper.
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It stays in a hard case, behind the seat of my truck.
Bill
 
Wow, nice group, how many rounds is that?!!?!??? :eek:

A reason that I'm asking this is because I *might* get a truck this October (I'll be turning 16), and I just wanted to know some opinions.

Also, do you need any kind of special permit to keep a rifle in your vehicle?
 
I'm wondering the same thing about carrying one around in whatever I drive to go hunting later this year since I'm a minor.
 
The cheapest piece of pawn shop/garage sale/gun shop bargain rack crap that will function and shoot half decent.

If it gets stolen, you haven't lost much.

If you leave it leaning against the truck and drive off, running over it in the process, you haven't lost much.

If you leave it in the truck too long with out wiping it down letting it rust, no big deal.

If it falls out of the rack or case and hits something hard, putting a big gouge in the stock, no big deal.

You get the idea.

Stick with open sights. Scopes don't like the heat/cold/humidity/shock/vibration they are constantly subject to in a vehicle.

30-30 lever($200 or a little more) or a Mosin-Nagant carbine (less than $100) would be a couple good choices.
 
Have got plenty of M4gerys, AK's, etc... but I find the neat little Kel-Tec sub 2000 in 9mm or .40 quite adequate, for me. Mine have Glock mag grips and the 9mm can take the 33 round mags so I just fold it up, 16 inches folded, put it in an old beat up bag and put 3-4 33 round mags with a 17 round mag in the magwell and throw it in the back seat or tool box or... and I'm set up. I know its only a 9mm but have took out feral dogs and other four legged and slithering monstrosities with it. Be sure and lock the tool box but have carried it that way many times. In Oklahoma as long as you have a CCW you can have a long gun also, thats my understanding anyway as told me by Law Enforcement. Anyway thats my truck, car, and van gun.
 
I keep a truck gun primarily to be the long gun I never should have put down that I use my handgun to fight my way back to. The perfect gun for this would be my Inland M-1 carbine, EXCEPT that it's a family heirloom, and I don't want it to sit in a backwoods sheriff's office while they decide whether or not I was allowed to have it in my truck.

I just tapcoed out a Yugo SKS, and added Techsights to it. This is a rifle that is powerful, reliable, accurate, cheap to shoot, and I won't weep if a cop decides he needs to 'hold on to it for me' while he decides whether or not he understands the law.
 
P.B., not that it should be this way, but you're not old enough to legally have one unsupervised, are you? Whether a CCL/CCW is legally required of an adult in AL shouldn't actually be your first question.

Anyway, I have my truck gun project, which I've had on the back burner for a couple of years. It will involve a Remington 7600 in .35 Whelen, with a peep sight and shortened stock. It will be Teh Ultimate!!!!1 :D

John
 
I live in a state where we can't have uncased firearms or loaded firearms in a vehicle. You can only transport if going to/from shooting, hunting, dealer, gunsmith, etc.

That being said, when I am on the farm working, I keep my AR15 in .223 (unloaded, but with a mag close by) in center mount rack in my wrangler. Coyotes are my main problem around here so .223 works awesome. My AR is plenty accurate (3/4 moa with open sights) and plenty reliable.

I do on occasion, carry a 590A1 with slugs if I need to put an animal down, but that is pretty unusual and the few times it happened, it was preplanned.
 
walsh google alabama firearm laws

here in north carolina it is/was legal for me(19 now but when i was 16 i rocked the 12guage sxs in the back seat of my truck) to have a firearm with me in the truck or where ever as long as A. it wasnt concealed B. i wasnt some where i couldnt have the gun (ie schools)

for handguns you had to ahve it for a lawful purpose like hunting or target shooting. i also recall something about a letter from the owner of the pistol granting you permision to ahve it i never did that but oh well i only took a .22lr when i went to work at the barn for snakes and it just sat on the dash so they couldnt say it was concealed

just use google and it will give you places to read up on it every state is different i bet alabama is pretty lax



my truck gun changes pretty muc every day now one day it with be the m1 carb the next my .30-30 after that the .30-06 or the 12 guage

im getting ready to build my designated truck gun; a lee enfield (i dont wanna hear it from the purist i love my other enfields but i need a project so i got an already torn up no4 mk1) witha .45 acp conversion that takes 1911 mags its gonna have a 17 or 18 inch barrel a parkerized finish and a full stock with just a few inches of the barrel showing (2-3 inches) it will be a brush buster and truck gun. depending on what insurance says about my truck it may be going well with the land rover defender i may pick up
 
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Besides the laws, this rifle will also be used for a handi deer rifle, because my rifles are dual purpose, 'cause I'm poor.

So as in truck gun, I also ment "handi/scout/defence rifle".

Thanks, and keep up the replies. :)
 
well the truck gun is suposed to be the ultimate duty gun protection/deer/target/fasion statement


do your self a favor, when you try to pick out a truck gun get one witha junker finish. it will get dinged, rusty, knocked, knicked,and scraped so get a used one but try her out first get one that you can hit a pie tin with out to atleast 100yards that will give you the flexability for anything really i mean you wont have to amke a 300 yard shot on a deer try sneaking in a bit
 
Cracks me up looking at these heavy money tacticool "truck guns."

They look more like SUV guns to me.

What I grew up with:

Blueing shot to ****, stock chewed up, iron sights -

My best one ever was a .300 Savage lever action with a

Recoil buttpad made out a somewhat worn chunk of auto tire,

Which I traded for a double barrel Fox in a weak moment.

But - getting back to subject,

Truck guns used to be the goddamndest collection of .22s,

Old shotties, lever action centerfires, the occasional bolt gun,

And they were used just like the fence pliers, the shovel,

The posthole digger, the hammer, the waterpump pliers,

The binocs on the dash, and all the other stuff, including the

.22 popgun in the glovebox.

But all of this equipment, though worked hard, was well cared for

And did the job, day to day.

A truck gun requiring a hard or soft case is an oxymoron.

'Course, calling an SUV a truck is also an oxymoron.


isher
 
Wow, yeah.

That's a horrible idea. Let's put a heavy (and now, collectible and expensive) autoloader that can only fire *one type* of nonexpanding ammunition in that rack. Instead of something affordable, cheap, and bulletproof like a Moisin-Nagant or an old Mauser.

Now, an M1 Carbine would have a lot to recommend it, and I used to see quite a few in truck gun racks. With the way M1 Carbine prices have gone up, something like a Remington 742 or 760 might be a good choice. Used versions of those can frequently be found less expensively than almost any other kind of repeater.

J
 
The plug or the Garand? The Garand in "Service Grade" (good or very good condition) is going for $595 plus shipping from CMP...if you're willing to wait months for it.

Look, a truck gun should be something slick and light enough to quickly pull out should you need it. That's one of the reasons why the little Carbine made a great truck gun: they're incredibly handy. Kind of like the exact opposite of an M1 Garand.
 
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