Legionnaire
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Mostly a 4-inch GP100, occasionally a Charter Arms Bulldog in .44 Spl ... unless in the mood for plinking, in which case its a pre-lock S&W 317 Airlite in .22LR.
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What is your favorite camp or woods revolver?
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If1HitU
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I have many to choose from,don't have a favorite!
ShadowsInSnow
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What are those grips made from? They look like well used ivory.
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JeffG
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They were the snow white plastic factory grips. Some leather dyes and clear coat gave me the effect I wanted, thanks...
Flatbush Harry
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5" S&W 629.
WheelGunMan
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My favorite woods gun is my Security Six Stainless 6" Revolver
farm23
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When bird hunting a Charter Arms Classic 44 spl. Other times either a Ruger Flat top 44 spl or a Ruger New Model 45 LC.
BusMaster007
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Great thread!
KevininPa
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I dropped Ruger a note about an LCRX style Speed Six. They currently don't have a mid-sized six shot in their line up.
Armored farmer
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I would like to take the liberty to post a second in this thread.
Here is my faithful SP101 sprawled on the hood of my jeep with my flyrod.
Not exactly a woods gun pic, but in the same spirit.
Here is my faithful SP101 sprawled on the hood of my jeep with my flyrod.
Not exactly a woods gun pic, but in the same spirit.
doubleh
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I have no woods to walk in. I have to make do with mesquite bushes, prickly pear, cholla, yucca, a little catclaw, and in a few place a little scrub cedar. No bears or wolves either. You might see a coyote but they are no problem at all as they run away. I don't kill snakes and our only poisonous ones are rattlers of which there are three varieties. I've never had one run, either at or away from me. They just coil up and buzz and I simply walk around them, go on about my business, and leave them to theirs.
A three screw single six has been my walk around gun since the '60's. It's accounted for numerous mean jackrabbits and vicious priariedogs over the years.
A three screw single six has been my walk around gun since the '60's. It's accounted for numerous mean jackrabbits and vicious priariedogs over the years.
BSA1
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Well since this thread still has legs...
I cannot say for sure that I have a particular favorite. It depends on the task.
We don't have woods and bears but we do have Mountain Lions.
We are at the age of old folks camping style meaning a RV / camping trailer. We are starting to talk more and more seriously about a RV or camping trailer. We enjoy fishing and my fishing gun is a Taurus M85 Stainless Steel revolver with a mix of shotshells and non +P semi-wadcutters.
A top contender is my S&W Model 10-6 4" heavy barrel. I really like it. Wadcutters make for good close range varmint control. +P JHP's are a good (mostly adequate) choice for personal protection. (It will be nice for keeping in the RV / Camper also). My chief complaint is the 38 Special does not hold much shot. Shotshells hold enough for mice but not enough to make me feel comfortable for snakes.
This puts my Ruger Vaquero 4 3/4" barrel 45 Colt near the top. The 45 Colt is extremely versatile in the strong Ruger. I don't have to worry about bears so my concern are mostly two legged varmints. We do have poisonous snakes and the Prairie Rattler are common and especially toxic and aggressive. I try to keep the field mice under control as to reduce their food supply. (My cats are of no help. Cats <sigh>). The big ole 45 can hold a lot of shot and, more importantly, bigger size shot. I have a lot of history with my Vaqueros and one hangs of my bedpost for self-defense.
The Lady brought a Ruger SR22 last month and I am getting to like it really well. (I know it is not a revolver but I don't have woods or bears either). My local
We are facing the vey unpleasant task of selling my wife's parents home and moving them to town. They live in the country in woods in Oklahoma and making the situation dangerous is they are pack rats with lots of boxes stored outside on a back porch, in a shed and garage.
Did I mention that they never throw things away? They grew up in The Great Depression and they never throw things away as you never know when you will need it.
Anyway we are sure that the boxes on the back porch and in the shed are comfortable homes for mice. Probably a bunch of field mice. (The boxes have not been moved in many years). Copperheads are common where they live. So with such a good food supply of mice we are very concerned about them when we start moving boxes and cleaning out the shed. Ideally we might be able to do some cleaning this winter with the colder the better. We are really, really dreading this project due to our concerns about poisonous snakes spending the winter inside some of those boxes. Wearing heavy gloves probably gives the nod to the Vaqueros. As my wife has shot a lot of CMSA she knows how to handle the Vaqueros so one of us (me) will move boxes while the other one (she) stands really to shoot whatever comes out. She is a good shot just a coward when dealing with something dangerous.
These discussion has me headed down to the reloading room to do some studying and making some shotshells for my 45 Colt.
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cheygriz
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Ruger Security Six .357 magnum 6 inch barrel
Just discovering how handy a S&W Governor is, with .410 gauge #4 shot. Surprisingly light for it's size,
it's an easy carry, and milder recoil than you would think. You can really get a grip on that thing.
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Custom 3-1/2" Hawes Western Marshal .45 Colt. Loaded with a 270gr. Kieth bullet over 8.0gr. of Unique, it ought to account for anything I'm likely to run into... as long as I do my part!
Lucky Derby
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I live in the woods. I also live at 9200' elevation. Officially the State of Colorado Dept of Wildlife will tell you that snakes can be around up to 9000'. I doubt it based on what I've seen. So I don't worry about them.
I have seen Cougars, Brown Bears, Wolves, Coyotes & meth heads on/around my property.
These days I normally have a .38 or .357 of one flavor or another on me. Occasionally a .44 revolver or .45 1911 takes its place. Really depends on my mood. A Remington 870 with slugs is always near the front door.
I have seen Cougars, Brown Bears, Wolves, Coyotes & meth heads on/around my property.
These days I normally have a .38 or .357 of one flavor or another on me. Occasionally a .44 revolver or .45 1911 takes its place. Really depends on my mood. A Remington 870 with slugs is always near the front door.
RealGun
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I don't go in the woods in any recent year, but if I did, I think I would take my usual concealed carry and do any shooting with my 22 rifle, which I never get to shoot, let alone take out of the cabinet. I can't think of what I might shoot just cuz. I suppose I could include my bug 38 loaded with snake shot or I could think about how to handle my carry revolver with some cylinders loaded with snake loads. Thinking I would need some visible color coding of cartridges. I would also have to think about black bears here at the southern end of the Blue Ridge range and read up on how to deal with an encounter. Time of year to consider there, I believe. My cold weather carry is a 41 Special 6-shot GP100 3" by Clement Custom.
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RealGun
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You have a custom 41 Special!!!
Pictures. We demand pictures!
ColeK
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I can not believe this thread is still alive.
dawei
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When in the woods my trail gun is my Taurus® TRACKER™ 4" barrel 5 shot in 41 Remington Magnum. I load it with 230gr LSWCGC ammunition and I fear not man nor beast.
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