Guns for a Modern Cowboy

[BBQLS1]

I think the 1911 and .45-70 is a good suggestion. I might also look at a scout sized rifle in .308.

 

[BBQLS1]

For the rifle it's easy.
SKS's with bayonet. You can stick it in the ground by the bayo while working fence etc..

Awesome!!!

 

[Coyote3855]

NEF .17 HRM with Leupold 3.5x10 in the truck, Ruger speed six .357 on the belt. The .17 is for ground squirrels. I leave the coyotes and foxes alone.

 

[texas bulldog]

keep it simple:

marlin .30-30 and just about any .357 revolver. used would be just fine.

 

[Redneck with a 40]

Marlin 30-30 and Ruger GP-100.

 

[230therapy]

Modern cowboys are not stupid. Why use a single action revolver and lever action rifle when high powered bolt action rifles, good optics, AR-15's, AK-47's, FAL's, AR-10's and M1A's are available?

Heck...most cowboys I know have Masters degrees in nutrition, agronomy, soil science or reproductive physiology. They use these skills to really maximize production. They have to do this in order to stay competitive. They use the best equipment they can afford...they may not have 20 1911's and a stack of AR's, but the ones I know do have good stuff.

 

[sean m]

Marlin 1894 in 357 mag with a GP100 with 4" barrel. Or a Ruger Ranch rifle with Ruger P95

 

[DNS]

I live in west Texas and the only problems here are coyotes or rattlers so an SA revolver in .22 mag and a pump .22 mag rifle are all I use. I've thought about a pump 760 rifle a couple times though since the 91/30 is kinda long for the truck.

Mike

 

[X-Rap]

I would have a good Ruger Mk1 Target mod with a few extra mags for filling the stew pot plus a short lever in 30-30 or 45-70. Top it off with a 3" Titaniun/Scandium 357 and a couple speed loaders for the 2 legged varmints.

 

[theotherwaldo]

The tasks, duties, forms of transportation, and equipment vary so greatly among cowhands that deciding what weapons they'd carry is a bit of a joke. I mean, a south Texas ranch hand will have little in common with an Alabama, California, or South Dakota ranch hand. If their guns are similar it'll be pure coincidence.

 

[X-Rap]

The tasks, duties, forms of transportation, and equipment vary so greatly among cowhands that deciding what weapons they'd carry is a bit of a joke. I mean, a south Texas ranch hand will have little in common with an Alabama, California, or South Dakota ranch hand. If their guns are similar it'll be pure coincidence.
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How the heck did Gus and Woodrow make it all the way from Texas to Montana with the same guns? or did they switch out on the way?

 

[nwilliams]

Don't know about modern cowboys but I can tell you what future cowboys will be carrying

 

[BBQLS1]

Love that show.

 

[rizbunk77]

I grew up in cowboy country and here is a dose of reality for you:
Today's working cowboys have:
1. A bolt action rifle in a fast caliber to handle deer, coyotes, badgers, prairie dogs etc. (This one rides along in the pickup)
2. 12 gauge pump or semi auto for pheasants and grouse.
3. Big revolver because they are fun
4. 22 rimfire

Every cowboy is different but this is what I have seen.
The cowboys I grew up around didn't carry a rifle on horseback, just a rope.