Trail Security
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A loud fussy wife is great trail security. A big bear came into camp one time and was coming at me when the wife popped open the camper door and started fussing that I forgot her coffee creamer. The bear stood up and put its paws over it's ears and took off into the woods...
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That explains why I haven’t had bears in my camp
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Not sure I will be able to make the trip to Canada (Tuk) this year with the pandemic and border closures, but if I do, my plan has always been to to take a shotgun, since we will be doing mostly boondocking in pretty isolated locations.
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No problems taking firearms across the border into Canada? I've never done it so no idea what it entails. A 12 gauge with rifled slugs should be good enough for short range, I would think.
12 ga with rifled slug is just about all Massachusetts lets us hunt deer with. Pretty powerful at close range.
At one time I knew someone who loaded his Mossberg 500a so that the first shot out was #4 buckshot, and the second was a deer slug, then 4 buck, then deer. Last one was a crap shoot. He wanted to make sure that if he had to use it at home and in darker conditions after suddenly being awoken by noise downstairs, that everyone in the room got peppered and he had thier attention before moving on to the slug, if necessary.
At one time I knew someone who loaded his Mossberg 500a so that the first shot out was #4 buckshot, and the second was a deer slug, then 4 buck, then deer. Last one was a crap shoot. He wanted to make sure that if he had to use it at home and in darker conditions after suddenly being awoken by noise downstairs, that everyone in the room got peppered and he had thier attention before moving on to the slug, if necessary.
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Should be pretty straight forward as long as I have the appropriate forms filled out, and the H&K Pardner I got at a pawnshop for 120.00 meets the allowed standards-which It does. I’ll be taking Bessie (TT ) as well. A few rounds of 00, some slugs, and my fav in bear country, Brenneke Black Magic Magnum Rounds.
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Just do all the paper work at the border, and you should not have any issues
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I live in California where they don't allow you to properly protect yourself so I always carry 
hope and a prayer.
hope and a prayer.
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Believe me I know from it.I live in California where they don't allow you to properly protect yourself so I always carry
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He needs to pattern his shotgun cause they don't work that way
Even with a 18.5 inch barrel with a cylinder bore (no choke) you aren't going to "pepper everyone in the room" even with birdshot unless you can take a 50 or 100 yard shot down inside your house. Contrary to popular belief shotguns need to be aimed
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more like pointed in the general directionHe needs to pattern his shotgun cause they don't work that way
buckshot will fly all over the place in a full choke tube. The shot gets deformed and flight characteristics of the shot are unpredictable. I mean, its not going to hit somebody standing off to the side or anything, but it flings out way wider than an unchoked tube.
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No. Espeically when talking inside of a house.
Aim your shotguns. "General direction" doesn't work out in the confines of a home. Interior walls suck at stopping pretty much anything thats going to be effective at stopping those with ill intent. Outdoors aiming would atill be advised.
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Aim your shotguns. "General direction" doesn't work out in the confines of a home. Interior walls suck at stopping pretty much anything thats going to be effective at stopping those with ill intent. Outdoors aiming would atill be advised.
The Box O' Truth #44 - Shotgun Chokes and Buckshot
Shotgun barrels have the last few inches of the barrel sized in various diameters to allow the shotgunner to choose a choke, or restriction, which will cause the shot to spread to a desired amount. For instance, when shooting birdshot at birds in flight, it can be helpful to have a slightly...
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My wife & I have been CDL holders for years & were NRA firearms instructors in the past. We also have backgrounds in martial arts training. (We always have some form of weapon close by..)
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I carry my 9mm everywhere I go and when we go camping we keep a backup locked inside one of the vehicles then carry the safe into the tent at night Next to a flashlight. Next thing I need to do is put a light on the larger backup handgun to make it a one Stop shop and keep both hands on.
This works for me......
Good V8 powered jeep equalizer also!
Good V8 powered jeep equalizer also!
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Wouldn't you know...mine's on "Back Order"!
You defended yourself after you were attacked. England was begging you to enter the war for 2 years. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour Churchill actually smiled knowing the USA was now in it to the end.
Not at all a criticism, pretty understandable for the USA, a land of immigrants from around the world to hesitate, you had a large German population, Japanese and Italian too. And until Japan hit Pearl Harbour, the resolve of the USA was to not get into another European conflict.
We are all grateful for the enourmous industrial capacity of the USA. I hope our futures sees a return to that greatness and a shunning of cheap Asian labour. I'm not a fan of Nationalism nor Isolationism but I am a fan of economics which make a country more self sufficient and more resilient to things like pandemics. I hope we make changes to be stronger.
Not meaning to argue, I agree with what you said, especially the allegence to the Constitution. Altho the President is the Commander in Chief.
The scary part with the guns is the civil war. The south had guns, but the north had an army. I see that playing out the same today. The NRA against the USA....... thank god for the constitution.
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I live in the Kootenays, home of BC Bud and the best marijuana in the world. My work takes me into pretty remote spots. Every year I drive up the wrong road and am greeted by a vigilant grower. Often with a rifle. I know the worst thing I could do is to show a firearm. In the few minutes it takes to get directions I often have a new customer. I have never felt showing a gun does anything but escalate human to human confrontations. Guns are for hunting, putting food on the table.
