It's gonna be hard to beat a 357 magnum for a 'woods bumming'. Especially if you already reload for a 357 mag revolver. My Marlin 1894 if just so much fun and cheap to shoot.
Get a pre safety though.
This was my thought initially. But an older 1894c is really hard to find, and overpriced a bit when I do see them around here.
If I could find one on the scratch n dent rack for five or six hundred I'd grab it.
