WYflyer wrote:The only time it is broke down is when it is in the plane (it can pack sideways in a 24" wide cabin) the rest of the time it is assembled and ready to rock. Considering I horse packed a Model 71 for many years I can't see how a 16" (12" in Canada) barreled 92 carbine could be any sort of hindrance on a horse but to each his own.

It's not that it's a hindrance, just prefer having it strapped to my leg rather then under the stirrup in the scabbard. I do like my Marlin 45-70 guide gun as well. They both work well.

aftCG , I share your enthusiasm for the 35 Whelen , particularly the Ackley Improved
version . Had one built on a commercial FN 98 action 40 years ago , nicknamed her Old Bull Thrower and that she do . Chronographs keep me honest when it comes to quoting bullet velocities but I have always been amazed that a 06 case, necked up to 35 with the taper blown out and the shoulder moved forward by fireforming can launch a Speer 250gr spitzer @ 2644 fps and incredibly, a 300gr Barnes original s.p. @ 2453 fps .
Easy extraction , minimal case head expansion and eat right up to the hole .
Poor mans 375 H&H 90 yrs ago and still one of the most efficient (imho) meat pole benders ever conjured up .

A1Skinner wrote:I pack a Rossi ranch hand in .44 mag in the plane, and it's actually turned into my preffered saddle gun as well. Nice to have it strapped to your leg instead of under the stirrup. Nice and compact and lots of punch.

For the life of me I can't figure out how you're supposed to shoot that gun and hit anything. I guess you hold it out in front of you like a long pistol?

Hammer wrote:

A1Skinner wrote:I pack a Rossi ranch hand in .44 mag in the plane, and it's actually turned into my preffered saddle gun as well. Nice to have it strapped to your leg instead of under the stirrup. Nice and compact and lots of punch.

For the life of me I can't figure out how you're supposed to shoot that gun and hit anything. I guess you hold it out in front of you like a long pistol?

I hold it out in front of me with one hand on the fore stock and my trigger arm bent. I've found it to be quite accurate once you get a hang of it.

Josh Randall never had a problem hitting with his.

I guess technically this shouldn't go under "Rifles", as both are classified as handguns. Ya...a "braced handgun"... The CMMG Banshee in 10mm Auto.



I don't normally go in for the AR platform rifles...I'd much rather have something that looks and handles like a M1, but the Banshee is the only 10mm...er...SBR sold as a pistol?...that will reliably shoot all the 10mm loads.

It's pretty fun. The 8" barrel adds about 130 fps over a stock pistol barrel, and it's crazy accurate. Sub-1" groups @ 50 yards, which is as good as I can shoot without magnification. Hitting a 10" plate at 100 yards is just about monotonous. It has run everything I've fed it without a single hick-up...powder puff loads to full nuclear bear-stoppers.

It's a pretty stupid weapon for me...I don't have a single use for it other than grins and giggles. It's a fine defensive weapon, but nobody but a drug dealer or mob informant needs something like this for defense. I can't even shoot USPSA with it unless I pay for the tax stamp and register it as a SBR, which carries with it travel restrictions in addition to the expense. I guess if velociraptors ever get reanimated I'll be equipped to defend the old homestead.

I imagine I'll cary it in the airplane until the novelty wears off, then common sense will take over and I'll allot the weight to an extra 12-pack instead. Toys...so many toys.

Anyone else roll their own?

.40cal Tennessee long riffle gun, made by yours truly from a chunk of maple, barrel and lock. All the other metal bits made from steel.

Planning on rigging a way to carry this on my future bird to travel to various shooting events, and for hunting trips.

That is beautiful. And I know the effort it takes as the winter of '77 I whittled a stock out of a block of walnut, and then hand swamped a 42" .54 caliber barrel that measured 1 1/8" across the flats. Flintlock as well. She was heavy but accurate as hell. Got banned from a number of shoots cause when the round ball hit the metal silhouette target it bent them, and the plywood deer that ran on pulleys through the woods it blew them in half. What fun times though.

And guess where I was when I did this? Clarksville.

I know you'll have a great time with yours. Keep your powder dry.

Nizina wrote:

Hammer wrote:Bobcats will eat your porcupines...no sense in shooting something that works for you.

I wasn't aware that Bobcats eat porcupines. Interesting. We have a lot of Lynx around here and I have seen no sign that they dine on these spiny critters. Now the dogs, on the other hand, often go around sporting a full snout of quills.

Porkys are one of the favorite prey of Lynx. I've watched a big tom kill a porcupine, and was an awesome sight. Screwed with him till he could get the right angle, with a quick flip, the porky was upside down, and the cat had him by the belly.....all done in a matter of a few seconds. Then, was just a matter of eating him as if he were a bowl made of hide and quills.

I have no doubt Bobcats do the same.

MTV