John Joseph
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I've been mulling this over with my com-padres,
What are the two or three most useful, basic, firearms that first and foremost want to be in a shooter's safe/gun rack?
Not specific, per se, as a deer hunter would obviously want a deer rifle as a trap shooter would obviously want a trap gun, but rather more general firearms which one may be expected to have available? And more to the point, how has this changed in recent years?
I've always held that one would be well served with having a .22 rifle and a good .22 target pistol since the .22lr is an excellent tool for learning the basics of rifle-ry and pistol shooting, Also the .22 can handle small game and pests if called upon.
BUT with lead now verboten in CA for hunting, should the .22 still be considered an essential?
In my state, anyway? Maybe a b-b gun is more practical now?
A good 12 gauge pump may also be considered an essential. With the options of screw in chokes and barrel lengths, the optimal uses to which a shotgun can be employed is certainly mind boggling and yet more and more of my com-padres swear that the AR is far and away more of neccesity.
What do you think?
What are the two or three most useful, basic, firearms that first and foremost want to be in a shooter's safe/gun rack?
Not specific, per se, as a deer hunter would obviously want a deer rifle as a trap shooter would obviously want a trap gun, but rather more general firearms which one may be expected to have available? And more to the point, how has this changed in recent years?
I've always held that one would be well served with having a .22 rifle and a good .22 target pistol since the .22lr is an excellent tool for learning the basics of rifle-ry and pistol shooting, Also the .22 can handle small game and pests if called upon.
BUT with lead now verboten in CA for hunting, should the .22 still be considered an essential?
In my state, anyway? Maybe a b-b gun is more practical now?
A good 12 gauge pump may also be considered an essential. With the options of screw in chokes and barrel lengths, the optimal uses to which a shotgun can be employed is certainly mind boggling and yet more and more of my com-padres swear that the AR is far and away more of neccesity.
What do you think?