What's you favorite trail gun?

[blue2golf]

Not a bad looking one, either

I agree. I got them mainly because they are designed to fit the specific model of ruger handgun you order it for. ( and yes, I like the ruger logo imprint too.)

 

[wildfiresrozes]

It's always a toss up. Sometimes it's my SmithWesson M&P 9mm compact. Sometimes it's my SmithWesson model 36 (prelock). If I am just going out to spend the day in the woods, it's one or the other.....if I am camping, it's both of those and a shotgun and/or rifle. And of course, when my daughter is with me, she has her redryder. LoL, think I am going to upgrade her in the next summer or 2, to a cricket.

 

[2cool9031]

I prefer my savage .22/ 20ga. and my browning challenger II pistol I have had these for many years, kinda like old friends.

 

[Agent 007]

Ruger SP-101 with 158 grain magnums. Love my Glock, but somehow, the plastic keeps me from being one with Mother Nature. Just doesn't seem right to me to venture into the woods with tactical plastic. Like wearing a tux to a pool party.

 

[haldir]

Right now it would be a single six like yourself. Great plinking gun, but I may carry the Buckmark next time out.

 

[agentl074]

Ruger SP-101 with 158 grain magnums. Love my Glock, but somehow, the plastic keeps me from being one with Mother Nature. Just doesn't seem right to me to venture into the woods with tactical plastic. Like wearing a tux to a pool party.

Well its got carbon in it carbon is a necessary element for plants and animals to live - so in a way - it is kinda mother nature approved

 

[cce1302]

I'll side with the Ruger guys. 6" GP100 would be my first choice.

 

[Claddagh]

My personal favorite pure "woods bumming" guns are an old 4" Taurus M94 stainless .22 revolver and my IMI Timberwolf carbine in .38/.357. I also have a Springfield M6 "Scout" .22/.410 that's real handy for camping and fishing trips.

 

[Joe Williams]

Now it's my S&W 66-2. Actually, I'll take along both my Smith & Wessons Cathy can lug along her 1911, or the Bearcat. At least until we decide Sean is old enough to take a trail gun along (won't be long.) Then the Bearcat is his.

 

[blue2golf]

Plenty of fine firearms here. Browning, Taurus, S&W, Glock, CZ...I still have a bias toward the Rugers though....

What got me to wondering about what people carried into the woods was a discussion I had with a couple of friends at work. They'd heard more reports of cougars, wolves, bobcats, even bear sightings (not that a Single Six would work against that). These sightings, combined with possible meth lab encounters, made us wonder why anyone would head to to the woods unarmed.

 

[Principal Skinr]

Ruger SR9 or LCP, but SR9 is preferred.

 

[SBG40]

MY CARRY GUN

Well if i hit the trail i'll take my everday carry gun the GLOCK 23 .40cal with 13rd. mags.....

Let's say you're hitting the woodline for the afternoon. Nothing special, just ambling about. What firearm do you normally pack along? Pistol, shotgun, camp carbine?

Myself? I usually open carry a Ruger Single Six .22...sometimes with the LR cylinder, sometimes with the mag. cylinder. I also carry several dozen loose rounds in a belt pouch and a pocket knife. I hardly notice it on my hip and it's there if I need it.

Let's hear about your hiking rig.

 

[Sasquatchhunter]

My Heritage Arms .22. I have a nice leather holster for it and its fun and accurate. gotta love the single actions.

 

[blue2golf]

My Heritage Arms .22. I have a nice leather holster for it and its fun and accurate. gotta love the single actions.

Rough Rider? How do you like it...and where did you find your holster? (I agree...SA's are fun.)

 

[CIMARRON]

Definitely would be my Blackhawk 357 mag.

 

[IndianaSlim]

90% of the time when I go for a walk I take my AR 15. The other 10% I take my AR 15 AND my glock 35. Unless of course it's deer season. I can't tell you how many times I've had only a handgun and spotted a lone coyote trotting through a field 200 yards away. That's why the AR always go with these days

 

[riverman67]

An H&R model 922 with a 4 inch barrel

 

[JByer323]

When I spent some significant time out west, I carried a Blackhawk with .45 Colt handloads.

 

[spainy79]

I either carry my Kimber Custom 2 or the Colt King Cobra.

 

[michaelrichardson]

Winchester 1890.