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Woods Gun

Sam06Sam06 Member Posts: 21,244 ✭✭✭✭
edited July 2019 in General Discussion
I carry a gun in the woods at all times. I like a large bore revolver but a nice 1911 is fine too. For me I think the 44 mag is about my favorite caliber and I like a 4" barrel.

My goto woods gun is a mongrel 629. I got a 626-1 with a 6" barrel. Some idiot had shot a squib load in it and then fired a round or 44 spl, this bulged the barrel. I got it for a song.

I got a barrel from a 44 MTN revolver slim 4" and put it on. I had the action slicked up by clarks, the barrel was re-crowned and had an 11 deg forcing cone.

I probably could have just gone and got a 629 Mtn Revolver but they were scarce at the time.

Its a really nice shooting and carrying gun.



But I like a SA Ruger SBH too. I want to replace the one Ricci sold because I miss it :cry:

I have a 5.5" Red Hawk but its kind of heavy.................

Ken started me one the SBH again :o I have had about 6 or 7 of them all I have modified.


What is your favorite Woods gun??


BTW I think a 10mm Glock would be a fantastic woods gun if you wanted a self loader. I am not set up for 10mm and don't want to get into them. I have g32 in 357 sig that would do well here in NC and most anywhere else.

What do ya'll think??
RLTW

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  • savage170savage170 Member Posts: 37,569 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Been carrying Smith Model 69 a lot lately most of the time loaded with hot 44 special loads from Buffalo Bore and another favorite is my Uberti SA 44-40 again loads with buffalo bores warm loads.

    If I decide to take a semi Auto most of the time is my Smith 1006
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  • Sam06Sam06 Member Posts: 21,244 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Those Ubertis's are nice guns and a 44-40 has been in the woods a long time ;)
    RLTW

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  • HessianHessian Member Posts: 248 ✭
    edited November -1
    I've got Bulldog .44 Special I bought in the mid-seventies. I carry it as a mercy gun when hunting. I've seen rifle bullets and magnum pistol do weird things after passing through game laying on the ground. Always made me nervous, a 240 grain lead bullet tends to not pass through.
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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,524 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Favorite handgun period.. A 6" .357 revolver.
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  • buschmasterbuschmaster Member Posts: 14,229 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I think a 10mm would be better than a .357 for a woods gun. slimmer than a revolver, higher capacity (or you can load only 5 if you want) and a 220 grain hardcast would do some things a .357 can't do. IMO

    if you don't want to get into 10mm and want something else besides .44MAG, there's always .45 Super.

    10,000 revolvers to choose from and I don't know enough about them.
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  • yoshmysteryoshmyster Member Posts: 22,059 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'd like to get a S&W 1917 for a walking around the woods with one of those leather flappy holsters. I like it that they take half moon clips that lay better in the pocket than the full moon clips. I figure when I take a tumble no big loss.
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  • montanajoemontanajoe Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 60,240 ******
    edited November -1
    Got a 629 Classic,that I love.
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  • bambihunterbambihunter Member Posts: 10,792 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sam06 wrote:
    What is your favorite Woods gun??


    BTW I think a 10mm Glock would be a fantastic woods gun if you wanted a self loader.

    You answered your own question. :lol:

    As you can see from my sig, I am a 10mm fan and collector. When in the woods, I always carry one of my Glock's (G29, G20, G40 MOS). A friend of mine used to hunt feral hogs a lot and had a few close calls. I talked him into carrying my G20 at least while hunting on the ground. More than once he has had to rely on it to take care of a charging pig. Let's just say after about the 3rd one, he now also has a G20.

    I think the Glocks are somewhat ugly guns but they are functional and the power to weight to capacity ratio of their 10mm's is about the best I have found. When I went to AK, I also carried my G20, but I'd maybe consider one of the .44 or .45 magnum level calibers if hunting the largest bears, though I am not fond of wheel guns at all.
    Fanatic collector of the 10mm auto.
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  • Sam06Sam06 Member Posts: 21,244 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My Dad and I used to go to AK or ID to fly fish every year. We always carried. I had my Frankenstein 629 Mtn Rev. My Dad was recoil sensitive especially with a hand gun. His goto was a S&W 4" 66.

    Then I let him try a 657 4" 41mag with some handloads. He really like it but he said it still "Kicked" too much.

    We always had a rifle too a M94 in 30wcf ;)
    RLTW

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  • Smitty500magSmitty500mag Member Posts: 13,623 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    S&W 500 Mag with a 4" barrel is my strolling in the woods gun.

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  • kimikimi Member Posts: 44,719 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I once owned a Freedom Arms 454 Casull, and thought very seriously about buying a LAR Grizzly 45 Win Mag, based upon a great experience when I fired one belonging to a friend.
    What's next?
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  • Sam06Sam06 Member Posts: 21,244 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thats a lot of gun Mike, Kimi and Smitty.

    I think a 44 mag loaded with a nice KT 250gr hard cast bullet with about 19grs of 2400 is a smooth shooting, handle just about everything load.

    I even like 240gr swagged lead bullets with a case full of Trail boss.
    RLTW

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  • AlpineAlpine Member Posts: 15,092 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Model 66 no dash (S&W) in 4 inch.

    Carried it for 20 years, see no reason to switch.
    ?The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.?
    Margaret Thatcher

    "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
    Mark Twain
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  • 35 Whelen35 Whelen Member Posts: 14,307 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    8" Colt Anaconda .45, with loads that Elmer Keith would've approved of. :D


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    An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it.
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  • montanajoemontanajoe Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 60,240 ******
    edited November -1
    35 Whelen wrote:
    8" Colt Anaconda .45, with loads that Elmer Keith would've approved of. :D


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    I need this gun,,, :o:o:):)
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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,524 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    montanajoe wrote:
    35 Whelen wrote:
    8" Colt Anaconda .45, with loads that Elmer Keith would've approved of. :D


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    I need this gun,,, :o:o:):)

    It will handle Hot +P .45 Loads.
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  • toad67toad67 Member Posts: 13,008 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Bought on of the newer Ruger 1911's in 10mm and really like it. However, a stout 45 Colt is hard to beat too....
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  • pulsarncpulsarnc Member Posts: 6,558 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Nothing really dangerous in my neck of the woods ie no big bears etc Feel just fine with my ruger security six in 357 mag . Depending on time of year the first couple of shot might be shot shells for mr no shoulders and his friend . Backed up by some hard cast handloads . When feeling nostalgic it will be a uberti 1973 cattleman in 45 colt .
    cry Havoc and let slip  the dogs of war..... 
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  • dpmuledpmule Member Posts: 6,746 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Mine,
    Freedom Arms Model 83 6?
    .454 Casull loaded with Garrett 365gr Hammerheads +P ammo
    1,650 fps
    This load definitely not for the faint of heart or weak wrist.
    Plenty enough steam for over sized chipmunks with big teeth and long toenails.

    Mule
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  • BrookwoodBrookwood Member, Moderator Posts: 13,771 ******
    edited November -1
    You fella's are sure giving this pistola greenhorn an education! :)

    My interests have always been in traditional primitive black powder stuff, mostly single shot. I have done all of my hunting with flintlock rifles and do carry a 45 caliber flintlock pistol for a quick que de gras if ever needed.

    I actually recently picked up a High Standard Double 9 22 cal. revolver and have really enjoyed plinking with it! Pretty sure that little piece has created a "gateway" into a much wider realm of future acquisitions!

    Anyway, many thanks to you Sam and all for your very interesting tales of woods carry's!
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  • spasmcreekspasmcreek Member Posts: 37,717 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    an interesting do for the uberti baby rolling block clone in 357 is reload with 180gr spirepoint at SAMMI max and see how much flatter and farther it shoots...got one and a Pedersoli Mississippi classic in 357....one can do some fun reloads with a single shot
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  • William81William81 Member Posts: 25,482 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    6" S&W 686. It will take care of any critter I am likely to run into in my neck of the woods...also my back up gun during whitetail season.
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  • ruger41ruger41 Member Posts: 14,665 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    4? Ruger Bisley Flattop .44 Special. Will take care of anything that walks on two or four legs in my area(we don?t have Grizzlies in this part of Washington).
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  • Sam06Sam06 Member Posts: 21,244 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    ruger41 wrote:
    4? Ruger Bisley Flattop .44 Special. Will take care of anything that walks on two or four legs in my area(we don?t have Grizzlies in this part of Washington).

    That sounds like a nice set up. I like the Bisley frame, the 44 SBH I had I put a SS Bisley frame, trigger and hammer on it, it had a 4 5/8" barrel.
    RLTW

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