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I have 2, both Glocks. G48 in 9mm shooting 147 gr Buffalo Bore or Underwood or G20 in 10mm shooting 220 Buffalo Bore or Underwood. The 9mm goes in the Smokys for creeps and bears, the 10mm when I'm out west for the same purpose but bears tend to be the grizzled variety. Neither are dainty but riding in an HPG chest rig, ride well and are dang handy.
Adversity doesn't build character, it reveals it.
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At one time at least down south it was a S&W J-frame 337PD .38 Special with snake loads and hollow points. In the Midwest it has been a S&W 34 .22 LR because a red squirrel is about the meanest thing that I ever encounter. Then I got to thinking that the .22 will work just fine for as a snake load and be a whole lot cheaper and quieter to shoot. Final answer: an Armoloy plated S&W M34.
My other auto is a .45
The bitterness of poor quality is remembered long after the sweetness of low price has faded from memory
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I usually carry a ruger new model bearcat. This morning my dog and i ran into three wild dogs. One was a rottweiler. I'll be carrying my S&W 7 shot 686 357 from now on.
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I carry a Cimarron bird's head revolver in 45 Colt. 3 1/2" barrel. 255 grain hard cast semi wadcutters propelled by a healthy dose of 3Fg black powder (my Elmer Keith load) or 8.5 grains of Unique.
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Glock 27. Mostly two legged concerns.
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I carry a Cimarron bird's head revolver in 45 Colt. 3 1/2" barrel. 255 grain hard cast semi wadcutters propelled by a healthy dose of 3Fg black powder (my Elmer Keith load) or 8.5 grains of Unique. Cool. Let's see.
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S&W commander when it cold and can cover it up. one mag usually. Pocket carry a 637-2 with a couple of speed strips when it is warm
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No fearsome wild life around here except an occasional black bear or very rare mountain lion.
Mostly, it's white trash feral humans and their equally feral dogs that are used to guard the wild oregano that's popular out West. So to that end, it's a G23 loaded with 165 grain Gold Dots.
50 years ago, you only had to worry about the occasional black bear or rare mountain lion.
Last edited by LeontP; 04/26/22.
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Glock 21 gen4 220 grain +p crit duty currently.
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Stainless S&W mountain gun in .41 magnum. Galco holster & belt.
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For my purposes, as well.
"The number one problem with America is, a whole lot of people need shot, and nobody is shooting them."
-Master Chief Hershel Davis
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I have an old Star Firestar in 9mm that I tend to carry a lot. I also carry a Beretta PX4 Storm in 9mm once in a while.
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1911 45 ACP, have a nice leather chest holster with one extra magazine pouch. The first three or four out, are hollow points then hard ball.
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I roll through them so nothing's "dedicated" to hiking. Most of the time it's a revolver rather than pistol, mainly to carry shot in the first 2 for snakes. I used to carry a 1 7/8" LCR or 3" LCRx in .22 a lot but wasn't impressed with the shot performance on a rattler...if I carry one of the 22's now I just use standard 22's on the rattlesnakes and copperheads. Now it's usually a 1 7/8" LCR or 3" LCRx in .357 with shot capsules in the first two and 38+p in the last 3. They may be carried in a HPG kit bag with Dale Frickie Zac trigger guard or on a belt holster.
I'll usually carry a Sig P365 or G19/23 if 2 legged snakes or dogs are the main concern. HPG with Dale Frickie Zac trigger guard or belt holster, usually the HPG if carrying a backpack...and usually a HPG if not carrying a backpack because it works so well for phone, keys, etc, and being inconspicuous.
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S&W Performance Center L Comp with Barnes 140 grainers in .357. Diamond D chest rig, two speed loaders.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Campfire 'Bwana
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If timber tramping - I carry a G19 with HSTs
Mostly worried about tresspassers and not critters.
I've been known to just grab whatever tho too - Vaquero with 230 grain cowboy loads in 45Colt.
Me
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I carry S&W’s.
629, 25, 28, 586, but I’m thinking my 19 loaded with H110 & Keith style cast with GC.
I prefer classic.
Semper Fi
I used to run with the hare. Now I'm envious of the tortoise and I do my own stunts but rarely intentionally
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I roll through them so nothing's "dedicated" to hiking. Most of the time it's a revolver rather than pistol, mainly to carry shot in the first 2 for snakes. I used to carry a 1 7/8" LCR or 3" LCRx in .22 a lot but wasn't impressed with the shot performance on a rattler...if I carry one of the 22's now I just use standard 22's on the rattlesnakes and copperheads. Now it's usually a 1 7/8" LCR or 3" LCRx in .357 with shot capsules in the first two and 38+p in the last 3. They may be carried in a HPG kit bag with Dale Frickie Zac trigger guard or on a belt holster.
I'll usually carry a Sig P365 or G19/23 if 2 legged snakes or dogs are the main concern. HPG with Dale Frickie Zac trigger guard or belt holster, usually the HPG if carrying a backpack...and usually a HPG if not carrying a backpack because it works so well for phone, keys, etc, and being inconspicuous. The Frickie ZAC trigger guard is a nice little bit of security for striker fired guns with no safeties. I have one for Gock and for M&P pistols.
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
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Same as my everyday carry;
Sig P365, and a Colt Detective Special.
Have Cougars and bears in the neighborhood.
Virgil B.
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S&W M637 Airweight .38 w/ birdshot in 2 holes and 158gr SWCHPs in the other 3. Swap that for a S&W 686 4" if I want to actually hit something.
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