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Post by kings6 on Jul 18, 2020 10:24:14 GMT -5
Went riding yesterday and once again the little 41 Soecual made the ride. I stumbled onto a crazy carry rig idea yesterday I want to bounce off Doc next week just for grins and giggles. Most if of my tweak requests are related to use and carry from being on top a hurricane deck.
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Post by Robster on Jul 18, 2020 17:35:55 GMT -5
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Post by mart on Jul 18, 2020 22:57:42 GMT -5
These probably all qualify as Kit Guns. The Old Ruger Single Six has been with me a very long time. It went a million miles with me when I was trapping professionally every winter. Truckloads of coyotes came to an end by way of that old SS. Along the way a lot of snowshoes, ptarmigan and grouse met their end to it as well. And a few rattly no shoulders. The Glock 44 is a recent addition as is the S&W Flat Latch 22/32. I think the 22/32 is probably the iconic kit gun. It is one I have wanted since I was a kid and just picked it up yesterday. A couple of my trapping mentors carried them and a long time friend and mentor carried one on an extended trip through the northern Minnesota lakes. He fought in both the European and Pacific theaters and when he returned from the war he and a close friend decompressed by taking a long canoe trip through the late summer and fall of that year. A couple fishing poles, and tent, his kit gun and some staples and they ![]() lived well for a few months as he came back to a normal life. He returned from his trip, enrolled in college and became an engineer. He spoke often of those months in a canoe and how often he put that kit gun to work.
The Bisleys are a 32 H&R and a 22 LR.
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Post by leftysixgun on Jul 19, 2020 14:48:53 GMT -5
 This is posted for member 450AK.....this is his “kit gun”, a 500L that spits 450gr Keiths at 1025fps |
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Shakey
.327 Meteor
Central Arkansas
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Post by Shakey on Jul 19, 2020 15:28:18 GMT -5
Seing others autos reminded me that my first kit gun was a Whitney Wolverine that I bought in the late '50s. I know it looks like a joke but it was really a great little pistol. It shot just as well as my buddy's Ruger Standard Model, was just as reliable, and weighed a scant 23 oz. I only got rid of it to trade for something with more oomph to leave with my young bride when I went off to the Army. The one pictured is a replacement that I got for old times sake. It is missing a few small parts that I am still looking for but works OK with a few homemade parts.  ...Picture... |
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Post by bogusbill on Jul 19, 2020 16:00:57 GMT -5
Those always interested me too. They look like a natural pointer.
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Shakey
.327 Meteor
Central Arkansas
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Post by Shakey on Jul 19, 2020 17:30:06 GMT -5
They point quite well.
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Post by buckelliott on Jul 20, 2020 8:46:56 GMT -5
Loke Mr. Taffin, my Woods Bumming "kit gun" requirements don't really fit the conventional parameters. .
If I even have a Kit Gun,it's a nickel-plated, 4.75" Uberti S.A., chambered in .45 Colt...
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Post by elgriego on Jul 22, 2020 13:06:17 GMT -5
I've been kicking around the idea of a FA M97 in 327 Federal but my current "kit gun" is either a 3" S&W 632 or a 4" S&W 648.
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lws
.30 Stingray
Spokane Valley, Washington
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Post by lws on Jul 22, 2020 15:52:11 GMT -5
Mine is not what I would call a kit gun. But bumming around in north Idaho I always carry my 44 magnum vaquero,3 3/4" birdshead.
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Post by elgriego on Jul 22, 2020 17:03:35 GMT -5
Mine is not what I would call a kit gun. But bumming around in north Idaho I always carry my 44 magnum vaquero,3 3/4" birdshead. To be fair, the 1 gun that I wear just about every day is a S&W 329 when I know that I want to shoot a bit, I'll grab my "kit guns" because they're fun to shoot unlike the 329. |
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Post by unclezeb on Jul 23, 2020 20:55:52 GMT -5
My first kit gun was a ruger mkIII I got when I was 17, had that Gung for 13 years and buy the time I traded it off I had probably put half a million rounds through it plinking, hunting and shooting bullseye. Scored a smith 18 no dash that replaced it for trail use and a smith 41 from 1964 that I shoot bullseye with now. The smith 18 is one gun I won’t let go of and plan on shooting till it’s unfixable. When I bought it it had been an unshot safe queen that quickly turned into my trap line pistol, figured it was a shame something so well built was not being used. It’s dispatched several coyotes and badgers on the trapline and put some game birds in the pot.
My old man has been using a 22 colt diamond back as his kit Gung since he bought it new in the 70s. That revolver has tagged along with him while he guided elk hunts in Montana, dispatched many a fur bearer on the trap line and has taught several children and grandchildren how to shoot a handgun.
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Post by bula on Jul 25, 2020 8:11:38 GMT -5
While I have nothing in the .32 bore here, when kit gun ideas come up, the .32's do come to mind. Now that we are back to a predator rich environments, wandering around with a .22 doesn't work for me anymore. IMHO, kit guns have moved from small bores to mid-bores. Say the custom .25's to the very nice pictured 41 specials.
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