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Boggy ... how much rain you gettin' over in Leona?? enough to wash the dust of the cattle? I guess the lawn care company that takes care of our apartment complex was waitin' for it ... they were out mowing and trimming our brown grass this morning!!

i'd say a mosin-nagant m-44 (bayo removed and bayo bracket milled off) or m-38 with mil-surp ball on stripper clips close at hand. hey, if it gets stolen, it's $90. and it'll handle all manner of critters, two and four legged, at substantial range.
a bit more money, yugo m-48 in 8x57, ammo stored on stripper clips, but the rifle is 3.5 inches longer. or, as already mentioned, a no. 4 mark 1 with a packed 10-round mag in the glove box. jungle carbines are too valuable to be trucking around.

My latest truck gun is a Winchester 70 stainless Ultimate Shadow in 243 WSSM, but there is also a Savage 24V in 223/20 somewhere in there and maybe even a S&W 422.

Jeff

An NEF single in whatever caliber, with a Williams Guide peep sight on the back, is short and light and well...just Handi.

true Dakota, but what i REALLY found interesting this weekend was when i sat my NEF in 45/70 next to my stepdaughters Remmy Mdl 7 Youth rifle in 7-08, the remmy is only an inch longer than the NEF even with the bolt guns 20 inch barrel. im thinking a Remmy 7 in 300 whisper, barrel at 18 inches, stock built for me i can come out shorter than the NEF by an 1/2-1 inch and have a repeater.

I am sure that he did not acquire the Mauser by cutting back his commission.
GeoW

Since it is coyote season and the bears are sleeping it is my Howa 22-250 for chance encounters. Otherwise it is a Rem 7600 with williams receiver sight, 220 grain 30-06 handloads.

Naw, he inherited the rifle,- along with about 20 others of similar quality! Seems he was related to a General in the US Army who liberated a small sector of Das Reich.

Marlin 1894CS 357Mag lever gun with a 4X Leupold.
Gun shoots good,despite bad trigger...Thumps wayward piggy's
pretty good.
Bart

[/quote]Naw, he inherited the rifle,- along with about 20 others of similar quality! Seems he was related to a General in the US Army who liberated a small sector of Das Reich. [/quote]

If they could talk what a story they could tell!
GeoW

I'm not a great believer in choosing a truck gun based on cost alone. A decent set of optics and a good trigger seem to be a minimum for me, I love my mil-surps, but the only one that sees truck duty is a K-31 with a K6 mounted. My usual is a push feed M70 in '06 or aT3 lite in 22-250..........Essex

I have a .32 Win 16" Wrangler with the standard hoop in a leather scabbard that works well for truck or 4-wheel carry. The sight is the "one ragged hole" peep and does not take up much room. I also keep a 20ga 3" Benelli Syn Nova in a breakdown hardcase in the trunk of our travel car. Ammo is birdshot, 3" mags, and slugs. It is great for family visits and a comfort always.

George

I know another fellow that has a pintle mounted MG34 in his Kubelwagen.

I think the Savage/Stevens 200 was made to be a truck gun. Plastic stock and deadly accurate for $199. I bought a .270, but sighted in with 115 recoil managed loads this weekend. If I was in "bigger" country, I would use the full loads for the better trajectory, but in Leon Co I only can shoot a couple hundred hards at the resident pigs and coyotes. The crystal clear 3 x 9 Elite scope is overkill, but I plan on using it on moonlit nights. Entirely legal for hogs here in TX.

pepaw

I have held off long enough. I have to say this..

you can shoot a truck with any gun,,,,,,sorry..... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Would you agree it is easier to hit a truck from the inside than from the outside? A short handy firearm makes it so much easier!

yes just ask my brother in law. he saw a big buck loaded a round in his gun went to get out BANG no more windshield..(243) coulden't hear for a month.. he was in the truck alone .. I said he earned it by loading in side a vehicle.. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Sorry guys

The perfect Truck Gun is my Steyr Scout.

Rick

Truck gun ?

In my case it is a Jeep but we will still think as in a truck.

M1 Carbine

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I haul around a Winchester Trapper in cal. 30-30. It is short, light, and easy to handle.
These guns are suprisingly accurate, too.