That one gun.

buck460XVR said:

One gun? You've got to be kidding. The tasks at hand that need to be done as well as the game or hunting style for me, is a varied as the guns in my safe. They are all there for a reason. Like tools they all have their place. I don't use a 2# ballpeen for doing trim work or a 26 oz. framing hammer to drive wedges when spitting wood. IMHO, the same goes for guns.

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I believe the OP was about that one gun you are likely to pick up.

Not my cheapest gun, far from my most expensive, utterly reliable and I shoot it better than all of my other guns.

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That sig looks nice.

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It's a great shooter for me. Very comfortable, handles hot loads, and I think nice to look at.

If I HAVE to shoot something, I'm either going to grab my Savage MKII or my Remington 510, both in .22 lr, depending on which one is in the first slot of my safe at the time. Both have taken their share of groundhogs that keep burrowing under my shed.

If I am inside our home, and there is time available to walk to its location, I will reach for a Benelli M2. One of them is positioned where I spend much of my time, and was my duty shotgun, during the final two years of my LE career. We live inside a small, incorporated city, surrounded by a sprawling major city, where any discharge of a firearm has to be legally justifiable, so, “shoot something” would have to mean a human or animal presenting an imminent threat. A 12 Gauge shotgun nicely fills that role. The same Benelli M2, however, would fit the “might have to shoot something” role, if going any number of other places, where the target is undefined, as 12 gauge is versatile, and the Benelli is comfortable to carry, in-hand, or on a simple sling. I keep large-pellet birdshot, two pellet sizes of standard buckshot, premium defensive buck with “flight-control,” and slugs.

The question was not presented as a defensive scenario, or a hunting scenario, so my reply will not go there. We have rifles, from .22 LR to .375 H&H, but even at our rural, wooded acreage, rifle fire has to be very carefully directed.

My “might have to shoot something” handgun would be a .357 Magnum revolver. A specific defensive or hunting scenario may mean a different handgun, but, well, the utility of a .357 revolver covers a wide range, with well-selected ammo. My personal samples are all Ruger: GP100, Speed Six, SP101, and Super GP100.

Most of the time I use a Taurus Model 94 .22lr revolver because the range is going to be pretty close and I can pick my shot.

If I have to go out the door after dark then I have an 870 with a light. I live in the country and keep animals so usually it's a problem with something bothering them.

The last few bump in the night events I grabbed the sig P226 elite from the nightstand.

It wears a strealight tlr1.

So far, all the bumps turned out to be new house noises or a broom falling over.

Still wakes me up pretty quick, though. I tend to sleep pretty light.

buck460XVR said:

One gun? You've got to be kidding. The tasks at hand that need to be done as well as the game or hunting style for me, is a varied as the guns in my safe. They are all there for a reason. Like tools they all have their place. I don't use a 2# ballpeen for doing trim work or a 26 oz. framing hammer to drive wedges when spitting wood. IMHO, the same goes for guns.

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May I ask, respectfully, did you read the original post?

Before moving to TX, I'd have said my Model 7 in .308. It was my go-to hunting rifle for years and was the last to go when I decided to get out of .30 cals altogether. I replaced it with a nearly identical Model 7 in 7mm-08, which I have not yet shot enough to give the title "go-to rifle." I also have more options today than I did back then.

In terms of a handgun, it's still the 4-inch GP100 in .357 magnum.

Now that I live in town, the Ithaca 37 12 ga. Though I have other choices nearby-the AR for SWMBO, and the 1911, becuase it's the only pistol she even halfway likes.

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DM

I knew you were going to chime in with that one! A drilling is on my list, but I want a 16 ga. SxS first as the swing dynamics on drillings for upland is a little off for me. Plus, I'm going for a lighter gun, a Sauer & Sohn. That will most likely be the maker of the drilling I buy also.

I grab the 760 for deer, the 700 for chucks and all else, a mag fed .223

Typically the Colt AR-15, but sometimes might be the Ruger GP100, depending on what's closest at hand and what the "bump" sounds like

DM~ said:

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Oh do tell

entropy said:

Plus, I'm going for a lighter gun, a Sauer & Sohn. That will most likely be the maker of the drilling I buy also.

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How light will the Sauer be??

DM

.357 Mag. but it depends on where I am and time of year.

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How light will the Sauer be??

DM

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5 lb. 10 oz.

entropy said:

5 lb. 10 oz.

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A 16 ga. at under 6 pounds, nice to carry but not something I'd want to shoot much!

A light drilling is a pretty hard kicker "if" it's chambered in much of a big game cartridge. Mine weights right at 7 pounds, and I wouldn't want any more recoil than it has...

DM

Yes. even with the 2 1/2" shells it's chambered for, it kicks a bit. But it is F&F, a perfect pheasant gun to carry all day. I don't plan on shooting much Sporting or Trap with it, and the gun I use for pheasants now is almost 10 pounds, so the 16 feels like a feather.

M1 carbine and/or the Ruger Blackhawk chambered in the same. It negates the need for a flashlight after dark.

Good enough...