We've all done it -- haven't we? Come on -- admit it. You have! Loaded up with your gear before a day at the range or a backwoods hunting trip, you strike that movie pose in the mirror. One hand rests on your holstered pistol. With a long gun in your other hand, you rest the butt against your side, angling the muzzle skyward. A bandolier of spare ammo is slung across your chest and a belt full of rounds hugs your waist.
You narrow your eyes and set that jaw. You are for a moment -- "hero guy".
From cowboys to cops, soldiers to banditos. Hunters to 2-gun competitors, Mad Max to Saving Private Ryan's Captain Miller (with his .45 and Thompson) all of them have that perfectly complimentary combo of pistol and long gun -be it a lever action and a .45 long Colt, or a Dusty AK47 and CZ. There are just certain combinations of firearms that -- like red wine and a hearty meat sauce -- just seem to work right together.
I've got a spot in my heart for the M1 Garand and a trusty .45acp. It just seems like one of those poetic -- anytime anywhere anything bar nothing combos.
However, there are days when my mood dictates that a Remington 870 loaded with 00 and a 4" Smith and Wesson model 66 packed with .38 cal, 158 grain HPs is all I could ever desire in 2-gun package.
So picture it - you're the one in the movie poster giving the audience that hard stare of a man who's seen and done it all. There's a sidearm on your hip, a long gun in your hands and the hot glow of the late day sun blasting your long shadow across the ridge. What's your hardware combo?
You narrow your eyes and set that jaw. You are for a moment -- "hero guy".
From cowboys to cops, soldiers to banditos. Hunters to 2-gun competitors, Mad Max to Saving Private Ryan's Captain Miller (with his .45 and Thompson) all of them have that perfectly complimentary combo of pistol and long gun -be it a lever action and a .45 long Colt, or a Dusty AK47 and CZ. There are just certain combinations of firearms that -- like red wine and a hearty meat sauce -- just seem to work right together.
I've got a spot in my heart for the M1 Garand and a trusty .45acp. It just seems like one of those poetic -- anytime anywhere anything bar nothing combos.
However, there are days when my mood dictates that a Remington 870 loaded with 00 and a 4" Smith and Wesson model 66 packed with .38 cal, 158 grain HPs is all I could ever desire in 2-gun package.
So picture it - you're the one in the movie poster giving the audience that hard stare of a man who's seen and done it all. There's a sidearm on your hip, a long gun in your hands and the hot glow of the late day sun blasting your long shadow across the ridge. What's your hardware combo?
That's a lucid image you've painted there. But not quite what I was looking for. Thanks though. I'll be sure to um --- err---yeah. That'll make for --- um okayyyy. Next? 
