^^^^^ What Larry ask.
^^^^^ What Larry ask.
If a 41 won't stop it, I wouldn't bet my life on a 44.
Definitely the SAA .45 Colt. if a handgun, otherwise a good winchester pump 12 gauge with both shot and slug loads. Never know when you might run into a big bear!
In the 60s I recall "bricks" being 1,000 rounds.
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My Straight Shooters thread:
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...raight-shooter
The Pewter Pictures and Hallmarks thread:
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...-and-hallmarks
If limited to one handgun and no long gun, 6" .38 Special with heavy hardcast slugs driven to respectable velocity. I'm not going to pretend I can shoot true big bore wheelguns.
Currently casting and loading: .32 Auto, .380 Auto, .38 Special, 9X19, .357 Magnum, .257 Roberts, 6.5 Creedmoor, .30 WCF, .308 WCF, .45-70.
Well, I’d take a 4” N frame .44 special with loads very similar to those Mr. Keith worked up.
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Well, since it's "just for fun". My Shop Keeper .45 Colt SAA, in a belt holster with 5 in the revolver, and another 5 packed with my gear.
Running the Yukon to Whitehorse, I would take a 1917 S&W in 45 AR and a 18" double bbl 12 gauge. 100 rds of 45 Auto Rim 250 gr bullets and 50 rds #4 shot, 15 rounds 00 buck, 15 rds slugs. Main meals would be fish with ducks and geese a second source. Handgun is for grouse, snowshoe rabbits and surprising a bear. No reason to shoot anything with 4 legs unless I am threatened. Sack of beans, sack of flour and spices. Plenty of pike and what have you in the river.
Boundery waters, or Lake of the Woods gets the same thing.
[The Montana Gianni] Front sight and squeeze
Running the Yukon to Whitehorse, I would take a 1917 S&W in 45 AR and a 18" double bbl 12 gauge. 100 rds of 45 Auto Rim 250 gr bullets and 50 rds #4 shot, 15 rounds 00 buck, 15 rds slugs. Main meals would be fish with ducks and geese a second source. Handgun is for grouse, snowshoe rabbits and surprising a bear. No reason to shoot anything with 4 legs unless I am threatened. Sack of beans, sack of flour and spices. Plenty of pike and what have you in the river.....Boundary Waters, or Lake of the Woods gets the same thing.
Pretty good advice from MtGianni that I'll 2nd. But I could be talked into a .44 Spl. Smith or Colt with some of those new fangled Keith SWC's. Rod
Rod
I am an old guy and would see little or no fun in that trip. Portaging, bugs, swamps, more bugs, sleeping on the ground, more bugs. Foraging is fun if you are good at it. Not so much fun if pickings are slim. Fishing seems like the better choice.
Probably stay home and listen to what those Nazi’s are up to. Might go and play with that newfangled .357 Mag folks are talking about.
Don Verna
Darn, Don you sound just like me,I`m 69 and hate the bugs, sleeping on the ground . But when I was young man I did alot of stuff that I can`t do or would not like to do now. I like dreaming about it though. Good post .
OK, it’s Saturday afternoon and I’m in my recliner at home, so I’ll go into Walter Mitty mode and daydream along. A classic gun that I believe would have been available in 1935 was the over and under combo gun, with a 22 LR upper barrel and a 20 ga lower barrel. I wouldn’t be doing a lot of plinking and space in my Old Town cedar and canvas canoe is tight, so I’d carry a couple of boxes of 20 ga shells and a couple of hundred rounds of 22 LR in my floating, waterproof duffle bag as well as a “wallet” in my pocket with a few rounds of each. At least one good folding knife and a good moderate sized hunting knife on my person and perhaps spare of each in that duffle would also be necessary. I’d have to have two fishing rods, a short casting rod and a medium fly rod with a tackle box of necessities and a grille and cookware to use over an open fire… a minimum of a cast iron skillet and enamel pan and coffee pot. With minimal clothes, sleeping gear and tent/poncho, that Old Town is filling up fast. Add a spare paddle, a kapok float and some staples packed in a waterproof sack and I’m glad it’s just me in my canoe!
Froggie
PS If I felt the need for a sidearm I’d add a High Standard Model B in a hip holster and another box or two of 22s and a spare mag to the duffle bag. This is a pleasure trip so if I encounter bear or moose, I’ll leave them alone if possible.
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BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |