Lumberjack Handguns

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The only true lumberjack I ever met carried a S&W model 10 with 158 gr lead round point bullets. in a WWI leather flap holster. The old man could draw and kill a snake so fast you didn't know what was going on till it was over.
 
A TC in 45-70! Nah, I'd still carry the Kimber Tac Custom II I carry every day right now, but also carry a few extra mags. But I would also get a 336 in 45-70!
 
No, the big DA boomers are NOT the lumberjacks of handguns. Those are for greenhorns and cheechakos. A 4" to 5" single action SAA style in .45 Colt or .44 Magnum is the classic woods packing handgun. An old model blackhawk, for example.
 
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That's the M1 Carbine 'Enforcer' pistol I mentioned earlier.
 
A man's man would :

1. Understand calibers
2. Be comfortable with himself
3. Not feel the need to impress

Therefore, the obvious choice would be a Ruger GP100 4" .357 magnum.

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I am in 100% agreement with the above statement.
 
Your Lumberjacks can eat beef stew with mine any day of the week and twice on Sunday!

What finish should a proper grizzled man's man have? Stainless? Blued? Target Gray? Nickel plating with Pearl Handles? ;) What?

Which is a manlier snubnose? A Colt .357 or Ruger?

I used to own a "Thunder Five" revolver chambered in .410. I dunno how the new Tauruses stack up, but my Thunder Five was a piece of art!
 
For those who think LUMBERJACK is gender neutral.

For once,no apt reply,life is short,enjoy your time gunperson.

To all aspiring mall lumberpersons,buy early and buy often.

Other than that,couldn't agree more,flap holster says it all.

;)
 
Well, I was a lumber jack back in the late 1970s, Western Washington, Olympic Peninsula: Shelton, Quinault, Forks areas. At that time most of us that own a handgun had a .44 Ruger Redhawk, Super Redhawk or .357 Blackhawk. S&W was for city folks. :)

I would say only about 1/4 of us had handguns, while nearly 100% had hunting rifles. And the Win 94 .30 WCF was in the window rack of just about every truck, with the occasional bolt action (usually .30-06 or .270) or compound bow.

That was still long enough ago that we drove around with a rile in the window all the time and never thought twice about it being stolen.
 
I interviewed some lumberJILLs for a whacky sports article.

Can't think of anything more macho than a .45/70 Alaskan survival derringer, carried as back up to a axe.

Seriously I have a friend that has one, and he's a pistol nut that likes wildcat single shots in scary calibers... this gy has a 14 inch Encore in 30-06... even HE hates shooting the derringer.
 
I don't think of lumberjacks as big hulking people. Most of the ones I've seen have been highly fit, average size guys with above-average upper body strength. They're not these massive people, because massive people don't move fast enough up the side of impossibly steep slopes while toting enormous chainsaws.
 
I don't think of lumberjacks as big hulking people. Most of the ones I've seen have been highly fit, average size guys with above-average upper body strength. They're not these massive people, because massive people don't move fast enough up the side of impossibly steep slopes while toting enormous chainsaws.
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That's the truth! ;)

Most of the big guys drive logging trucks - all they have to do is waddle around :p

Back in the days when I was working in commercial logging, I never carried a handgun but usually had a rifle of some kind in the pickup (heck, I practically lived in my pickup). I was young and strong then, and I figured a big running chainsaw was more than enough weapon. These days, with all the eco-terrorists, I'm not so sure about that. :uhoh:
 
For this sort of mans man who is not looking to impress his peers, cuz he simply don't care. I would say 44 mag. Tried, tested, proven. Not a "sissy" gun as some would call at 357 mag, and not over intimidating like a 454,460 or 500.

This sort of mtn man is reading the latest american hangunner to see the latest ballistics of the new high tech offering from Ruger/SW/Colt or Taurus. He simply says.. Hmmm killed the last three bears with this here gun. You gotta remember "beware of the one gun man". He probably hunts with a 30/30 or 45 lever and does not carry then newest 88 magnum either. Reloads his own ammo, purchases only what is needed and is not at all interested in overkill. Remember his company is a mule not a thouroughbread.
 
Can't think of anything more macho than a .45/70 Alaskan survival derringer, carried as back up to a axe.
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The ax part is certainly correct! We used a double bit ax for minor limbing, falling any tree under 2ft diameter, and for chopping out the occasional stuck chainsaw.

On breaks we would invariably get to throwing our axes at a nearby stump or tree trunk. Anyone that practiced this at all often could easily hit a paper plate at 15 paces, maybe a little more. We never seemed to get into throwing our knives, but I guess after getting good with an ax the knife is anti-climatic.

Probably a lot of tool oriented are like that. You use a tool so much throughout the day that you know its balance intimately and probably get curious and start seeing if you can throw it or whatever. When I worked for the Forest Service we were pretty good with the double bit ax, Pulaski, and sharpened fire shovel. We could stick any of them on a stump for about 15 paces. throwing a shovel like a spear is no big thing, but throwing it end over end and sticking it took some practice.

Anyway, I would beware the man who uses hand tools all day long. He has probably figured out some ingenious ways of wielding it.:evil:
 
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