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PG, I had those Rifle-it shelves in my '75, '77, '80 and '90 benchseat chevys. Talk about headbangers.....
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PG, I had those Rifle-it shelves in my '75, '77, '80 and '90 benchseat chevys. Talk about headbangers..... Ours was in a 70 something Chevy. I thought those were a lot better design for keeping the bumps off one's head than the Big Sky Rack design. Different racks for different heads, I guess.
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Some of these truck guns would be prized guns for us. Dad kept a marlin 22 mag bolt. Need magazines for quick loading because MN requires cased & unloaded.
Truck gun now: In the city: SP101 on the hip CCW (don't leave guns in vehicles due to potential theft)
When back at the farm: 10/22 and /or Savage 24 223 & 12ga plus whatever I am using for hunting that weekend Sp101 always
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Other than that, How was the show Mrs. Lincoln?
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I don't really differentiate between a truck gun and an anything else gun. Every gun I own is a truck guns at various times. They are all hunting guns, they are all varmint guns, they are all informal target guns.
If a rifle is too nice, kicks too hard, is too inaccurate, or is otherwise useless for one of these tasks, it goes down the road.
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Hey Hunts...
How did you bolt the brackets up there? I just don't trust self tappers enough for that job...
R.
You can run, but you'll just die tired.
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self tappers.....so far, they seem to be plenty stout. Ain't broke yet...
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No Schit?
I would have figured they would have backed off with the truck bouncing, etc. I'm still going to try and get a bolt in there some how...
Thanks for the info!
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You can run, but you'll just die tired.
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Y'all got some decent iron in your trucks. Most of you have wide open spaces that make conventional bolt guns understandable as well. Is a little different here in the swamps.
The occasion arose now and then that a Model 94 rode in the scabbard behind the seat in the C10, but most times it was the 77/44 with a Millett red dot. Ranges trend short here in Florida and odds are about even you'll pull the truck gun around the 7-11 compared to the highway. Shootin' from public roads in Florida is a felony, but in some circumstances shooting people in public places is legal.
I don't double tap.
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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Hard to beat a 250 dollar mauser sporter.
TRUMP- GABBARD 2024
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Back before I had to have crew cab pickups, I always had a Ruger 10/22 in a scabbard behind the seat. I even made a couple of multi-day trips to Mexico with it in there, because I never thought about it until I needed it. Could have been bad!
Down on the ranch, my usual truck gun was a semi-custom 722 in .222 Remington. After .222 brass got so hard to find about 15 years ago, I had it rechambered to .223. Some days, though, I rode with the .25-35 Model 94, just for the hell of it.
Now that I live in "town", I usually have the Bushmaster in the truck when I am just out driving around the countryside.
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Some days it takes most of the day for me to do practically nothing...
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I use a Remington SPS with a synthetic stock, in .270 Win. It wears a 6x fixed power Leupold scope.
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Max is a little bigger now.
Luck....is the residue of design...
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Max gets much bigger you're going to need a trailer.
Great pic.
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Betting you can leave the doors unlocked with the guns inside as long as Max is sitting there, no one will be lifting them.
Does he help out on coyotes?
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SS, My friend had an Airedale named Max. We called him Mad Max the gas axe. He was sumptin too.
futuaris nisi irrisus ridebis
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These were the truck guns today... Sako AII .22-250 and Browning BL-22. The Winchester 37 12 gauge was also present in case of sharptails...grin All of my rifles are truck guns at some point... Pat, glad to see the old Swift still gets good use in. Is Max the Airdale with 3 legs? Ben
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Awesome pics everyone!
Ben, you could start a gumbo garden below the wipers....grin
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No kidding! I thought he had a cow with the squirts dance on the hood!
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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Good choice of beer Rancho --- as a Chico, CA resident I respect your choice.
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Cracking some celebration ales right now..
I replace valve cover gaskets every 50K, if they don't need them sooner...
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