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A Ruger 10/22 for just stomping around the woods or trail walking and small targets of opportunity. This
Save our kids - shoot your local drug dealer.
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Depends on several factors, for me.
Generally have a S&W 37 with me, but when calling coyotes, I go to a S&W 317.
Walking around for fun, a Marlin 57M goes with me a bit - CZ 204 much of the time.
During season, either my Savage 99 .243, or Marlin 336 .30-30, or Ruger #1 30-06.
Then, sometimes I just take a different "gal" to the dance - just for fun!
I've always been a curmudgeon - now I'm an old curmudgeon.
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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I have always liked my 11894 Marlin .25-20 for that role. If I were concerned about fending off dangerous stuff I would also carry one of my N frames or my Glock 20. I like that choice Chuck. My .25-20 wears a Weaver 1-3x so with proper placement, I think it would handle anything from bushtails to piggage. ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/VLT7Dmgn/DSC09222.jpg) Or, the Marlin .30 Carbine might not be a bad choice ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/W1k5yCYK/DSC01997.jpg) NICE!! My tongue got hard.  Either one would be hard to beat as a walk-around. 
Hunt with Class and Classics
Religion: A founder of The Church of Spray and Pray
Acquit v. t. To render a judgment in a murder case in San Francisco... EQUAL, adj. As bad as something else. Ambrose Bierce “The Devil's Dictionary”
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I carry my Dad's 1927 manufactured '94 in 30-30 (marked .30 wcf ? - not 30-30, anyway.) I share my woods with real critters.... 
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I have always liked my 11894 Marlin .25-20 for that role. If I were concerned about fending off dangerous stuff I would also carry one of my N frames or my Glock 20. I like that choice Chuck. My .25-20 wears a Weaver 1-3x so with proper placement, I think it would handle anything from bushtails to piggage. Or, the Marlin .30 Carbine might not be a bad choice NICE!! My tongue got hard. Either one would be hard to beat as a walk-around. Yeah, thanks for the reminder guys. I've got to get the .256WinMag Marlin out for a spin soon. I really like that .25-20 SCGunNut. If I had one of those I'd have to make up my mind which cylinder to put in the .25 cal revolver I have to go along as sidekick that day.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men.
In it is contentment
In it is death and all you seek
(Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
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Savage Hog Hunter in 338 Federal
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For my woods? Ruger 77/357, w/ Federal 158 gr. JFP. GR There it is! I substitute a 1894 sometimes.
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Not sure what woods you wander in, but Out West along with that .22 you might want a pistol in a bigger caliber along with you. Was a time, when a neighbor had a bad holstein bull that was an escape artist, I regularly carried a .45 while walking our local northern Illinois ridge trail. That bull met his end when he jumped out of a ditch in front of a minivan. (ditch cape holstein?)
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Liking the 25-20s, L2S's Euro Combo gun, and Schraps Bunny Busting Browning...
Best pics so far are MOGC's 39A, Dig-it-all Dan's Winchester, And Garandimal's peep sighted 77-357
"Chances Will Be Taken"
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Honorable mention to SupFoo for the video.
Be a short trail, dragging a drop cord for power, but cool none the less...
"Chances Will Be Taken"
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If you are not actively engaging EVERY enemy you encounter... you are allowing another to fight for you... and that is cowardice... plain and simple.
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I don't have one, but a Marlin Camp 9mm might be the cat's ass too. Of course you could substitute a Ruger PC or similar "modern" version.
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.218 Bee ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/aE8gG48.jpg)
"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government." Thomas Jefferson, 1776
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I have always liked my 11894 Marlin .25-20 for that role. If I were concerned about fending off dangerous stuff I would also carry one of my N frames or my Glock 20. I like that choice Chuck. My .25-20 wears a Weaver 1-3x so with proper placement, I think it would handle anything from bushtails to piggage. Or, the Marlin .30 Carbine might not be a bad choice I had a .25-20 1894CL, bought from Carolina Sportsman in Rock Hill. Sold it to an older friend that loved levers, I loaded a bunch of ammo for him. Sweet shooter with the 60 grain Speers. Very pleasant to shoot.
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"Chances Will Be Taken"
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Marlin 39a 22 lr, iam partial to them and have several, no need for anything bigger here in KY
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
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You just can't beat the BAR for fast shooting in close quarters... ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/p0QXzWH.jpg) That is awesome
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Ruger Super Redhawk in .454 Casull.
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Without any specific requirement stated, I would go with a savage 24 of one configuration or another.
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