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What's is your choice for a woods/Backpacking/Hiking gun?

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#1 ·
I know, depending on where you live the caliber of your gun may vary.

What caliber do you carry with you in to the woods?

I carry a G21 in the 45 Super.
 
#5 ·
One handgun to rule them all, from my current collection? G23 with 357 sig barrel loaded with Gold Dots.

I also have access to a FN5.7, if necessary. My daily carry is a S&W 442 j-frame with 125gr Golden Sabers (+P), which I have taken into the woods.
 
#11 ·
For a pistol I carry my G23 and for a rifle I carry my trusty .22 single shot for plinking and shooting game.

Back in the day when my Cousin & I would go hiking we lived off the land and slept under the stars.
 
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G41. 120 gr UW Extreme Defender +P. 11.5mm of 1400+ FPS with Underwood's fluted bullet. It doesn't need a lot of penetration. As soon as it passes through the skull, it's like a stick of dynamite going off. We shot some apples and some Sam's Choice soda cans (unopened) with some, and man, what a show that was.
 
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So you think anapple or soda can is like an animals skull, really??
 
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I used to bring my G20/G40 or my GP100. All sold or up for sale (consolidating calibers). These days my EDC, a Glock 19 and bear spray, if it is not winter.
 
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http://www.ruger-firearms.com/products/gp100/specSheets/1707.html



Have three of them, one for each member in the family.

Two have scope rails on the barrel, for testing loads
and long shots.

Hunting and backpacking load, 187gr LBT FNGC at
1500fps, small game load, 158gr Lee TL boolit at
1025fps, also have a few shot loads for snakes.

We have many other handguns up to 475 Linebaugh
but after seeing what that 187gr FNGC does to big
game, we use the 357 most of the time.
 
#21 ·
Balancing power and weight is the issue. What you might run into is another issue. Two options; S&W 640 .357 magnum; first two rounds are snakeshot followed by 3 FMJ 140 Fiocchi that clock almost 1200 (!) out of that gun.
The other choice is a G43 with two snakeshot followed by 5 FMJ. Yes, the 43 will run snakeshot.
Moon
 
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