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07-12-2010, 11:00 AM
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Ultimate pickup (vehicle) gun.
I have been in discussions with friend about what would be the ultimate pick-up gun. It would be used on anything from varmints-wild pigs.
We came up with the criteria as follows. Range up to 150 yards. Optics are optional because it will most likely ride on the front seat or in a gun rack and may lose it zero. Affordable. You wouldn't want to spend a whole bunch of money in case it gets stolen, or damaged beyond repair. Enough power to kill wild hogs, deer, coyotes, etc. Could be used as a backup deer rifle or a loaner. And last but not least, dependable. It should be able to be covered in dust, rain, mud, and manure and still function. 
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07-12-2010, 11:51 AM
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What wrenchman said
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07-12-2010, 12:08 PM
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Three guns come to mind:
1.) Lever action in .30/30, as previously stated. 2.) Enfield Jungle carbine in .303 British. 3.) SKS in 7.62 x 39.
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07-12-2010, 05:13 PM
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For more years than I care to count, a beat up but very functional Winchester M94 carbine lived behind the seat of my pick up truck. In fact I had a couple of those beaters tht I picked up becuase the price was right. One was only $100 because the guy said it wouldn't shoot for some reason. Easy fix was a new unbroken firing pin. The other was $120 because the guy needed money. When Wincheste quit making them, I took both to a gun show and came home $800 richer. I did keep a third one that was the nicest of the three. It just got to go ride in the truck. I does now.
Paul B.
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07-12-2010, 10:31 PM
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I'd vote 30-30 lever gun, too. Winchester or Marlin, or even the new Mossberg 464- whatever appeals to you.
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#9
07-13-2010, 01:19 AM
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I used to always have a Model 98 Mauser in 8mm that had been upgraded with a micrometer receiver sight. Still the military two stage trigger and steel buttplate. Killed a lot of vermin and game with that. I still keep a couple around that ride behind the seat.
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07-13-2010, 10:06 AM
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Marlin 336 in 30-30 winchester. Ammo everywhere and it will do the job.
GoodOlBoy
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07-14-2010, 03:54 PM
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Yeah I mean if I had to list em
Marlin 30-30 SKS Mossberg 20 gauge shotgun blackhawk 45 colt etc
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(Moderator - Gear & Gadgets, Cowboy Action, SouthWest Regional, Small Game) GoodOlBoy@huntchat.com For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. - John 3:16 KJV Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun. - Ecclesiastes 8:15 KJV "The gun has been called the great equalizer, meaning that a small person with a gun is equal to a large person, but it is a great equalizer in another way, too. It insures that the people are the equal of their government whenever that government forgets that it is servant and not master of the governed." - 40th President of the United States Ronald Reagan 1911-2004
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