ha..   one day..     shtf rifle i want is a lever or bolt action.. less parts to fail..   30-06  45-70  30-30 308  2 out of the 4.. 

DP... still have that old long gun (flintlock??) that you posted pics of a while back? Ever get the history/story on it?

Maybe you posted about it at the time but I've slept since then and have had a couple of cocktails.

Handguns are great and all but a well handled long gun increases your capacity by an order of magnitude.  

Quote from: cokey on November 25, 2013, 10:24:28 AM
ha..   one day..     shtf rifle i want is a lever or bolt action.. less parts to fail..   30-06  45-70  30-30 308  2 out of the 4.. 

Do the cowboy thing and get a lever action in a pistol caliber... like a Henry in .357mag. You can shoot the magnums and .38spl. Plus you would have an excuse to buy a nice .357 wheelgun. Win-win. Or go DP's route and get the lever gun in .22LR. You could shoot LR, Longs and Shorts. Same for a .22LR revolver.

oh and didnt mention .22 cause well, if you dont have one then you're doing it wrong..

Quote from: WarrenJ on November 25, 2013, 10:27:06 AM
Handguns are great and all but a well handled long gun increases your capacity by an order of magnitude.  

^ what he said.

Quote from: fastwin on November 25, 2013, 10:31:23 AM
Do the cowboy thing and get a lever action in a pistol caliber... like a Henry in .357mag.

Got one. 

Neato gun too.

For SHTF, a tripod mounted punt gun would my weapon of choice. It could take down 20 zombies at once 

Quote from: fastwin on November 25, 2013, 10:26:22 AM
DP... still have that old long gun (flintlock??) that you posted pics of a while back? Ever get the history/story on it?

Maybe you posted about it at the time but I've slept since then and have had a couple of cocktails.

I do...and I did.

It turns out it is indeed authentic, and is of Austrian/Germanic manufacture.

Pretty much what I though it was.

I think the posts are in the gun picture thread.

edit...

I know you're kind of old and feeble.

So here's the result... http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=25903.msg1073676#msg1073676

Quote from: ducpainter on November 25, 2013, 11:28:19 AM

I know you're kind of old and feeble.

^ again, what he said. Thanks for the link.

Quote from: Speedbag on November 25, 2013, 10:47:39 AM
Got one.  

Neato gun too.

Did the same years ago with Winchester 94s when they were more readily available... and affordable. One in .22LR and the other in .45 Colt to pair along with my 3rd gen SAA. Made sense 100+ years ago and still does.

Was carrying my Marlin 45-70 lever gun Saturday deer hunting.  Poor coyote managed to sneak around another hunter in a blind off the edge of my property.  He was looking back at the blind with a smug expression, but he didn't realize he was 20 yards away from me.  Another coyote trooper hat in progress.  No deer yet.  Saw a small doe and a couple fauns and a little spike buck this morning, but nothing I wanted to shoot.  Going to head out in about a half hour and sit till dark - see what comes out.  Long bombing on open fields so its 300 Win time. 

Jesus.  Can't imagine there'd be much left of that coyote after hitting it with that buffalo gun at 20 yds.

When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail!

Actually, I was shooting a 500 grain flat nose, hard cast bullet.  That poor little canine didn't have enough resistance to make that big bullet even take notice.  Very little damage.  Where you really get lots of damage is with high velocity, expanding bullets.  This one is just loping along at about 1700 fps.  It'll still shoot lengthwise through a deer.  Never underestimate the power of big, slow bullets. 

Quote from: WarrenJ on November 25, 2013, 03:05:40 PM
It'll still shoot lengthwise through a deer.    

Ah, the famous Texas heart shot... from ass to chest.

My step son and his Dad will be hunting at my east TX place this Thanksgiving weekend. We've got two feeders up and two nice tree stands 60-70 yards away. No deer for me. What I'm after are the pesky feral hogs that keep rooting up my yard and fields. They are really tearing up my sister & brother in law's farm 40 minutes away. If I come up empty handed at my place I'll let the deer hunters have it and head to my sister's for piggies. A TX heart shot on a big hog would make my holiday weekend.