From Kim du Toit, crossing America.

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Ruger Blackhawk in .45 Colt, because I used to enjoy shooting one and I did fairly well with it.

Ruger Bearcat, because they're neat little handguns.

I'm not gonna let goon touch 'em (Post #48). :neener:
 
Brian - I broke a Single Six.
Bought it used in excellent condition and it broke with less than a box of .22 LR through it. It locked up tight and I had to remove the cylinder to unload it.
The gunsmith at the shop I bought it from (Grice Gun Shop in PA) fixed it for free in about 5 minutes, but still, it did break.

I have bad luck with guns in general though - I've broken a lot of them (but never through my own stupidity) and wound up with even more defective ones.

I guess my best answer is that I'd take a couple that work.
 
I'm going to have to echo a couple of other people. Reliability and durability would be the first choice, so I'd take a Ruger Blackhawk in .357 magnum and a Ruger Single Six in .22lr/.22wmr. Stainless for both.
 
I'm not normally one of those gamer geeks that fawn over "Deagles" with "cans", but I think this is one case where a silencer would be golden. Think about it: you're trying to sneak through thousands of miles of hostile territory. Sure, there are many friendly people along the way, but there are many hostile folks as well. I think silence would be golden.

Also, as late as 1650 the US was chock full of large game, including bear, elk, bison, and moose as far east as NY and Massachusetts, until settlers annihilated them as they moved west. From the Rockies westward to the Pacific, Grizzlies are your biggest threat. In the late 1700s, Jesuits of the California missions wrote of having to make long detours around groups of up to 40 grizzlies sunning themselves or eating spawning salmon in the Pajaro Valley. Your centerfire handgun, while important for defense, is necessary for large game.

A previous posters comments about swing-out cylinder revolvers being fragile in the crane and timing is right on. Also, I think that your cleaning kit would hold enough lube for 1800 shots.

Therefore, I'd have an integrally silenced Ruger Mk II and a Glock 20, with a separate silencer and aftermarket KKM or similar barrel. The Ruger would be for small game and poaching-type shots (head shots on deer at close range), and the Glock 20 for larger animals and, God forbid, defence. Should I need to shoot it out with someone, I'm saving the last round for myself. Some of the scenes in the movie "Black Robe" will illustrate why. Travelling by yourself, you'd have no one to bargain for your life if things went wrong.

-John
 
I think the big trick would be to have whatever centerfire handgun you pick "just happen" to have a 16 inch replacement barrel and a should stock in that repair kit with replacement parts.

At which point .357 or .44 might give you a chance given some of Lewis and Clark's descriptions of the VERY VERY large and aggressive bears prowling around back when the land was much more wild.

Heck .454 might be necessary.

that's assuming you don't go with the T/C given you could turn it into a single shot carbine fairly painlessly.

At which point you might want to look at some of the older rimfire handgun designs fromt he late 1800's when people were doing .44 rimfire.

That might give you good defensive firepower in both designs.
 
Rimfire I'd likely choose a 617, the ten round model.

For a centerfire, I'd like to find a LeMat, one of the ones converted to fire cartridges. That gives you nine rounds of big bore, even if you don't have ammo for the shotgun barrel.
 
First, to follow the rules of the game, I'd take a stainless Ruger Redhawk .45 LC with some potent loads, and a Ruger SP101 for my rimfire. Both are strong guns that should stand up to the trip. I'd wear the Redhawk string side, and the rimfire cross draw.

Now, personally, I cannot fathom a situation in the scenario where I'd want a rimfire. Since I'm not having to carry the entire ammo supply on my person, and there are no issues of resupply, the "small" gun I'd prefer would also be a centerfire, probably a .357 to add to the defense option.

I'm off to the General Discussion board to see if this game is playing in its original form...
 
I'll narrow it down for me even more by choosing what I have available now. Of those choices, I'd take my Glock 23 and my Beretta 87 Cheetah. I'd be fine with those choices.
 
Rimfire: 7 1/2" Single-Six. Won't go through ammo to fast, decently accurate, good for hunting the food I'd need. Get a decent supply of subsonic rounds for when hunting near natives.

Centerfire: As much as I hate to admit it, either one of those new slim-frame .45ACP Glocks with a can, or some flavor of single-action in .454. Why for either? Well, the Glocks have well-known torture tests, and it's not something I'd need frequently--primarily as my "anti-2-legged" device, possibly for hunting a little larger game than the .22 would work with, and the can for the same reason. The .454 for hunting decently large game, with a hefty amount of .45LC thrown in for good measure as a lower-recoil alternative to the "everything else". Glocks don't need that much to keep 'em ticking (as has been proven), and so would be perfect, even though I hate to admit it--I'd rather take some flavor of XD45, if there was one to which a silencer could affix. And the single-action for the obvious low-maintenance bit.

And I'd probably barter for some flavor of muzzleloading rifle of the day.
 
Glock 20 & a stainless steel Ruger single six convertible seven inch barrel, majority of rimfire ammo to be in .22 magnum.

I'm tempted by the idea of a centerfire S&W revolver, but I can assume that the gun is going to get dunked in water a lot trying to ford rivers, travelling in rain etc. It would take at least a year to make the crossing, and I expect the Glock would stand up better to constantly being wet. It would certainly be easier to clean the internals on.
 
Rimfire: .22 -- integrally suppressed Ruger MKII, stainless, black teflon finish.

Centerfire: This one is a bit tougher. I think the Glock 20 has a lot of merit in this case, because it is user servicable, has power, and has demonstrated rust resistance, etc.

I would not do this without a rifle (give my eyeteeth at that point for a .54 cal flintlock, as they are user maintainable and feedable -- trade the matches for it, for that matter), nor without a flint'n steel firestarting kit. I would also not try to do this by myself. Not me.
 
sixgunner455 said:
I would not do this without a rifle (give my eyeteeth at that point for a .54 cal flintlock, as they are user maintainable and feedable -- trade the matches for it, for that matter), nor without a flint'n steel firestarting kit. I would also not try to do this by myself. Not me.
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Me neither and me too.
I actually have an easier time starting a fire with old fashioned flint and steel than I ever have with matches and it's much more sustainable. Char can be made from punk wood or a small peice of scrap cloth (natural fibers only) if you have it.

Given that in this scenario you'd have a horse to help carry, I can't see any reason why you couldn't take a rifle or shotgun. And I've never been good enough or fast enough with a handgun to think it could replace a long gun.
Even if I were doing this today, I'd figure out some way to pack a carbine of some description.
 
AR pistol and S&W 617
They said you could bring some parts and a thirty round magazine can't hurt.
 
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