Lots of people talk about a "truck gun" but what about one for the tractor?

This would be the one you would take with you in the tractor as you were out and about, mowing, haying, ploughing, tending fences, etc.

Guy from GA I used to work with carried a .44 and would use it to blast armadillos and snakes. But there are lots of options, "horses for courses", right?

Anyway, how do you roll?...And why?

We have .223 Ruger Americans in ranch vehicles including tractors. Cost efficient, enough horsepower, brutally accurate. I keep the predator model with me as mine.

Edited to add on mine I wrap a ring of door/window insulating seal tape around both scope bells as the guns always getting banged around. The scope also wears a cheap shower cap to keep dust and crap off.



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9mm or 40 depends on the day don’t have anywhere to prop a long gun on my antique

I made a gun rack for the cab of my tractor and keep a Ruger 77/17 HMR in it year round. It sits in the righthand front corner, and is totally out of the way.

I know a farmer that has a Rem 870 in his tractor cab.

Howa mini in 300 Blackout.

22mag

Back in the early 1990s I bought a couple of cases of NIB NORINCO SKS carbines that went to a bunch of farmers to use as tractor and combine rifles. I wonder what condition they are in 30+/- years later?

I have always thought that a stainless version of the Savage 24 combination guns would have been a great thing, even greater if the rifle barrel could be regulated.

A Marlin 783S/883S/983S might turn out to be pretty useful.

Have 2 friends, father son team that have nylon holsters zip tied to several of their tractors & alternate a few Ruger Single Sixes back & forth. Otherwise, until they quit making them & got expensive, the H&R Handi rifles w/a Tasco or Simmons were very popular.

Glock 26 on a magnetic mount, underneath the loader joy stick

My tractor is a Kubota L3240, with no cab. No place for a long gun, so I carry a Ruger SR22 with RDS. More likely to come across a raccoon or an opossum than anything bigger.

Out in the bush, I travel armed.

S&W Gov. .410's in the first four for shooting rats. 45 ACP in the 2 round moon clip in the last two for armadillo's.

Kimber Montana in .223 lives on the ATV where I spend a lot more time checking fences, etc.

I have a cz 40p. One mag with shot the other with ball.

Is it a big or small tractor you're trying to kill?

I recomend a bullet to the injector pump.

My idea was to use a 12 ga. H&R Partner with 20" barrel, turkey choke and Dead Coyote shells.

Got the gun, never set it up on the tractor. That combo could make it interesting out to 60 yds or so, would be good for a quick shot on a 'yote that you jumped up while clipping weeds, etc.

It's a 3 1/2", but that's a bit much for a light gun. 3" is bad enough. It's deadly on squirrels in the yard using std. #7 1/2 shells.

DF

Rossi 92 .357 goes with me everywhere on the farm.

Used to carry one. Not any more. Once took a shot at a crow with a 4" S&W 66, full house .357 load from seat of my tractor. Steel floor. steel canopy. Steel fenders. HURT ! ! ! Never again...

I use to carry 17hmr but swapping them out for 233s. Sometimes the yotes hang up a little further than I'd like for the 17s.

Years ago I made my son a 223 mini Mauser stocked in a MPI stock. It's light and short. He's used it a lot for hogs, coyotes, etc while mowing and such. It serves him well. He throws in in the truck when feeding and the Mule also.

22 Hornet in this one.

16" barrelled AR15 for me. Main critters I'm after when I'm at the farm are coyotes and nutria.

Savage 1899 , 250-3000 .

Mini 14 or M1 Carbine with a folding stock

My cousin kept a Savage 340 .22 Hornet on his tractor, for stray cats, groundhogs, coons and such. No one else carries on the tractor, though they should. Lots of coyotes out there where they live.

Back in the 70s and 80s my uncle Larry kept a M94 for yokes and other pests. He was shockingly efficient with it.

Either a 17hmr or a 12 gauge.

Fugk ya 👍👍👍

I carry 2 when driving tractors.

1911 45 acp and an AR in .223. Got a couple of mags extra for each in the cab.

I figure I have snakes, coyotes, hogs, drug traffickers, and hostile wetbacks covered...

One of these days I’m gonna have a cab tractor fugk these bees

I just can't operate without a cab down here. I've lots count on how many times bees or yellowjackets have swarmed the cab.

Just got done detailing and servicing my "big" tractor too. I do that once a year at least.

Case is 9 years old now. Put a new front tire and new blades on the shredder all the way around. Driving it now on a sizeable project. It's pretty solid.

Crazy thing is, it's worth more now, than I paid for it new.

For me a single shot 28 guage would be perfect

I got swarmed discing a food plot by yeller jackets muther fugkers ate my ass up.I had a split second thought to jump off the tractor and catch it later 🤦‍♂️didn’t work out well 😂🤣

Love to watch bumblebees bouncing off the glass. It’s hard not to smile.

DF

Spent 4 years plowing, combining, seeding and haying.
Used to carry a H&R Handi Rifle in .22 Hornet.
Perfect in a tractor cab.
Also carried it checking fences.
I was making a list to rebuild a fence corner. A heavy bodied buck stepped out about 30 yards away.
He was concentrating on a doe out in a wheat field we had planted about a month earlier.
He never even realized I was around.
Slipped that little 45 grain pill right behind his left ear. 😉👍
Wheat pasture fed sucker field dressed 156 pounds!

😉👍hell yes

Spend hundreds of hours yearly in a tractor maintaining about 1600 acres. Road maintenance, bush hogging, tree work, discing, planting, fertilizing,burning etc. Ive tried lots of different combinations over the years but seems I have settled on a 9mm, 260 rem and a 410.Allday everyday it seems to fit best for me.

My Glock 17 doesn’t mind getting dirty.



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In my pocket anywhere it's legal.

Same here. An AR Carbine and a Glock instead of a 1911.
No telling how many hogs and coyotes I’ve killed out of a tractor over the years.
And when I run over a rattlesnake with the tractor, I stop and get out with my pistol and make sure the SOB is Dead Dead Dead ! 🤠

I imagine those Savage combination shotgun/rifle guns would be ideal for handling a variety of problems.

Chicago Typewriter

Versatile and Effective

Anyone ever shoot something off a tractor or such?
I’ll start. A coyote from a no-cab swather.
Recurve.

Yup. Sometimes only too much is enough.

I’ve got a trio love them things

Dad used to carry an SKS in his tractor. Until I gave him my Savage Combo gun in 20ga / 357 mag.
He liked that better as the rifle barrel fired the same round as the Ruger Blackhawk he carried on his hip.

My dads neighbor used to carry a Remington XP100 in 221FB on his tractor

Depends on the season.

Coyote season, heavy barrel bolt action .223. Easy to shoot out the window.


It's warmed up now and we are in seagull season. They will follow the machinery and eat baby chicks.


It's illegal to shoot them but I use a shotgun to scare them away.
(one day I scared at least a half dozen away)

Tikka 22-250 in the cab for varmints.

Stainless synthetic 10/22 with a red dot.
Or some sort of carbine 9, 357, 22 mag, 223.
Terrain and animals pending.
Good luck

Clicked on the thread thinking it was about the M1 garand

A 32H&R with shot shells or wadcutters does all i need. No cab..

Check out Quick Fist for mounting a long gun in your tractor.

They work well for toting a shovel and a pitch fork too.

Available in several sizes. I used magnets to mount them on the FEL arms.

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I want one of them so bad ....

Savage 99f in 308. Works for about anything out there.

On my list as well.

I've got all kinds of guns and I try to never drive a Tractor. unless we are fighting fire. Rio7

Yup.

Yeah, while scaring them away, accidents can happen.

Collateral damage is a fact of life.

DF

My only tractor now has become my lawnmower. I want coyote/pitbull/armadillo/groundhog power, with snake/squirrel accuracy.
I use a T/C Contender Super 14 in 223, with a 2X scope and Pachmayr grip & forend. It goes in a padded zippered nylon case
attached to the ROPS- easy to unzip a little and get it, good to rest, and shoots better than plenty of rifles. Years ago it was my coyote
calling/prairie dog handgun, and a lot of fun. Now, in the Ozarks, 100 yds is a long shot for me, but it works. I'll also carry a revolver
at times, usually with a shotshell or 6 for the surprise snakes.

👍👍 I got one I need to drag out