biere
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For the budget mentioned I like an ak rifle with a folding stock. Personally I am going to get a para fal for my backpack gun.
One thing I find amusing in this thread is that I wonder how some of the folks posting might feel about open carry of a handgun vs. ccw of a handgun.
I have read many posts where folks feel open carry of a handgun makes you a target and brings unwanted attention and what not.
In today's crime ridden world I think it makes a lot of sense to have a gun that fits in a backpack.
I am most likely going to live in an apartment next year. Since I don't trust a light duty safe very much and I don't want to trust insurance to replace my stolen guns I am thinking that the only guns I want at my apartment are my ccw and a rifle I take with me when I leave. I don't want to keep a beater in my truck since it is easy to break into and the apartments I am looking at are not the in the best part of town.
Mostly I will just be in the apartment until I find some land I want to buy and build on. So I can store my guns at a relatives and my junk can go into a storage facility.
Right now I live in the country and at worst I go to the burbs in a low crime area. So a gun in the vehicle is not a big deal. I don't worry about it being broken into at night and what not.
But in a soso area of town I don't want to leave valuables around, replacing a broken window would be bad enough.
One thing I have considered is how "open" the gun is when in the bag. I will have a gun case just for it but a break down lever action or a folded gun seems awfully open to me. I prefer an ak or fal with a loaded magazine in it because the mag well is filled and the action can be closed and the only open area is the end of the barrel. But this may just be me.
I have also considered the concept someone mentioned of having my truck break down enough that I can't fix it and I have to have it taken to a shop. It would be nice to not have a long gun in the vehicle at that point unless I had a longgun of the type that easily fit into a backpack and I could just say I had my junk in the backpack as I headed for the waiting room while they worked on the truck.
Another thing I have considered is taking some longer trips on a motorcycle. While it may seem odd I know a few people in other states who happen to like shooting. It would be nice to show up with my own rifle and I could buy some ammo in town and go shooting with my own rifle and handgun rather than having to borrow theirs.
And I agree that in some cases a revolver set up for longer ranges might also be a consideration depending on what you wish to do.
The super redhawk in 454 casull with a 7+ inch barrel and a scope would be plenty for anything I have considered hunting.
For me the back pack fal is simply a way for me to not worry about some criminal taking my gun and making me file a police report about a stolen gun and then having to go deal with my insurance company about that rifle.
One thing I find amusing in this thread is that I wonder how some of the folks posting might feel about open carry of a handgun vs. ccw of a handgun.
I have read many posts where folks feel open carry of a handgun makes you a target and brings unwanted attention and what not.
In today's crime ridden world I think it makes a lot of sense to have a gun that fits in a backpack.
I am most likely going to live in an apartment next year. Since I don't trust a light duty safe very much and I don't want to trust insurance to replace my stolen guns I am thinking that the only guns I want at my apartment are my ccw and a rifle I take with me when I leave. I don't want to keep a beater in my truck since it is easy to break into and the apartments I am looking at are not the in the best part of town.
Mostly I will just be in the apartment until I find some land I want to buy and build on. So I can store my guns at a relatives and my junk can go into a storage facility.
Right now I live in the country and at worst I go to the burbs in a low crime area. So a gun in the vehicle is not a big deal. I don't worry about it being broken into at night and what not.
But in a soso area of town I don't want to leave valuables around, replacing a broken window would be bad enough.
One thing I have considered is how "open" the gun is when in the bag. I will have a gun case just for it but a break down lever action or a folded gun seems awfully open to me. I prefer an ak or fal with a loaded magazine in it because the mag well is filled and the action can be closed and the only open area is the end of the barrel. But this may just be me.
I have also considered the concept someone mentioned of having my truck break down enough that I can't fix it and I have to have it taken to a shop. It would be nice to not have a long gun in the vehicle at that point unless I had a longgun of the type that easily fit into a backpack and I could just say I had my junk in the backpack as I headed for the waiting room while they worked on the truck.
Another thing I have considered is taking some longer trips on a motorcycle. While it may seem odd I know a few people in other states who happen to like shooting. It would be nice to show up with my own rifle and I could buy some ammo in town and go shooting with my own rifle and handgun rather than having to borrow theirs.
And I agree that in some cases a revolver set up for longer ranges might also be a consideration depending on what you wish to do.
The super redhawk in 454 casull with a 7+ inch barrel and a scope would be plenty for anything I have considered hunting.
For me the back pack fal is simply a way for me to not worry about some criminal taking my gun and making me file a police report about a stolen gun and then having to go deal with my insurance company about that rifle.
