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Post by jeffer on Jul 16, 2020 20:14:03 GMT -5
OK team, what is your favorite kit gun? For me this is a woods bumming always take it with me outdoors type pistol. My bearcat with a slick action job has become one of my all time favorites. i.imgur.com/8dOZZgj.jpg
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Post by bogusbill on Jul 16, 2020 20:28:30 GMT -5
I have kicked myself many times for letting this one go. I bought it new about 1973. It`s a 3 or 3.5 inch S&W model 51. (.22 mag). Soon as I bought it I ordered a .22 LR cylinder, target hammer and trigger for it and put stags on it. Sadly, I traded it off. Right after I ordered the parts for it from S&W they came out with it as a option in the next catalog for awhile. I would like to think I gave them the idea. My thinking was if Ruger can do it, why not smith? I think that was my best kit or trail gun. i.postimg.cc/j5c5TgWv/S-W-model-51-I-had-two-cylinders-made-for-to-shoot-22-mag-and-L.jpg
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Post by boxhead on Jul 16, 2020 20:42:09 GMT -5
Though my Harton 41 Special Single Six is up there I think I land on this Smith 631 32 H&R.
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Post by jeffer on Jul 16, 2020 20:51:47 GMT -5
Both awesome choices! My Smith 63 is 1 of my most coveted pistols.
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Post by z1r on Jul 16, 2020 22:46:22 GMT -5
Until I literally shot it loose, my Sears & Roebuck, J.C. Higgins Model 90 (High Standard Double 9) went with me every time I was in the field. Got it from my grandpa when I was 13. Went to the leather shop on base, made myself a western style holster and gunbelt, and proceeded to shoot a brick a weekend til I went off to college. It wasn't til I bought my 9.5" barreled Single Six that I realized how loose that JC Higgins had become. When I got my 4 5/8" Single Six .32 H&R, it quickly became my new favorite. Didn't get shot near as much as the old JC Higgins though due to College, etc...
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Post by taffin on Jul 16, 2020 23:25:19 GMT -5
CUSTOM L'IL GUNS BY ANDY HORVATH
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Post by dale53 on Jul 17, 2020 0:08:02 GMT -5
I would have to say, that my S&W Model 631 (as pictured above) or my S&W Model 60-4 are my favorites. When I was but a young teenager, I became dissatisfied with the .22 rimfire as a field piece. A good centerfire with home cast bullet reloads of the proper bullet shape (full charge wadcutter, Keith style, or round flat) are MUCH superior to the .22 rimfire for small game as well as Self defense.
Dale53
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Post by kings6 on Jul 17, 2020 0:10:59 GMT -5
I am with JT, my Horvath L'il Gun in 41 Special is the one I grab the most often.
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Post by jeffer on Jul 17, 2020 0:45:12 GMT -5
Those Horvath guns are true works of firearm art!
So many times in my life when the small weight of a good kit gun was so greatly comforting.
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Post by x101airborne on Jul 17, 2020 5:46:33 GMT -5
Smith model 10. No hotrodding, first two are handload snake shot, other 4 are soft cast hollow points.
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Post by 45MAN on Jul 17, 2020 6:36:07 GMT -5
VERY INTERESTING TOPIC. TO ME "KIT GUN" HAS ALWAYS MEANT A SMALLER REVOLVER AND USUALLY A SMALLER CALIBER REVOLVER. I OWN SOME REVOLVERS THAT MIGHT QUALIFY AS "KIT GUNS" BUT THEY ONLY GET SHOT ONCE IN A WHILE, NEVER CARRIED AFIELD. FOR MY WOODS BUMMING I USUALLY REQUIRE AND CARRY SOMETHING BIGGER. MY FAVORITE BIG "KIT GUN" IS A S&W 625 45 COLT MOUNTAIN REVOLVER.
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Post by tj3006 on Jul 17, 2020 6:41:25 GMT -5
I like My BearCat for the woods, it is the Blue adjustable sight version. ZIt will be going to Bobby Tyler's soon, The Factory trigger is really bad, I want the action and accuracy pkg , CCH, Stag grips with emblem and a minimum engraving job !
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Post by Rimfire69 on Jul 17, 2020 7:00:26 GMT -5
Tough to pick only one. Of over a dozen + Bearcats here I will grab a beat up old early 60s alloy every time as my favourite SA Kit gun. As for double actions, the M63 4” hands down as long as we are talking rimfire.
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Post by jeffer on Jul 17, 2020 7:02:41 GMT -5
I can tell you an action job on a good bearcat will be one of your best ideas.
With mine I can tear the center out of a playing card at 25 yds all day long.
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Post by flyingzebra on Jul 17, 2020 7:08:28 GMT -5
Currently it's my 4" 10mm single six
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