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Looking for an extremely beat up old gun for the trunk. Short and working are my only considerations. Any suggestions?
Last night the guy in front of me hit a deer with his pickup. Naturally, He only broke it's legs and didn't manage to kill it. Took 20 minutes for the county mountie to show up and put it out of it's misery. I don't want to have to stand by and watch that again. I was getting the tire iron out. Grrrr.
 
one more thing, you need to be real careful with the laws when ending an animals life and better be able to justify it to the feds when they show up as they can give you a lot of grief for 'poaching'
 
Get a single shot Iver Johnson (or a Cooey) shotgun in 12ga or 16ga. Shouldn't cost you more than $60 shipped, really, and cut it down with a hacksaw to 18.5". Overall length should be under well under 3 feet once you're done, and it's perfect for dispatching an injured animal, or other "work".

Keep a box of different types of ammo (2 slugs, 2 buckshot, 5 birdshot, for example) in the trunk with it, and go to town when you need it.

It's much cheaper than a mini-14, and the ammo is more available and flexible. Plus it's more versatile for your needs, methinks.

My 2 cents.
 
Check your provincial game regs also.
In N.S. all you can have year round is a shotgun with #4 buck or smaller shot.
In my experience a 12 gauge with #4 buck in a 18.5 inch tube will suit most situations.
 
Isn't a trunk gun kind of a grey area? I had found the following summary and was curious if it was true:

There have been reports of people being charged for "unsafe storage" of a firearm in a vehicle in Canada.
According to the Canada National Firearms Association, there is no such offense, because it is legally impossible to "store" a firearm in a vehicle. A firearm in a vehicle is being "transported", not "stored", no matter how long it has been in the vehicle or how long it has been since the vehicle was last moved. Consequently, in all cases involving a firearm in a vehicle, the transport regulations apply, not the storage regulations.

If you encounter a problem, contact the National Firearms Association at +1 (780) 439-1394.
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I always meant to follow up on this...
 
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any gun shows in your area .i found a baikail single shot 410 paid 75 bucks with slugs they are perfect for what you need
 
Mr.Dorito said:
Every time someone drives home from the store with a gun & ammo, they have a trunk gun & ammo. Why would this be a gray area, or half ass regulated in Nova Scotia?
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new brunswick is similar, but the law says 'resort of wildlife' :rolleyes:

so apparently in he city, an M14 is cool. but if you live off the pavement, or travel highway, keep it less than a .23 caliber. yeah right :jerkit: im sure that will hold up well in court.

oh by the way, mine rotates between my mini14 and a single shot 20 gauge. there is a bar under the front seats of my truck for adjusting the seats. fits a slim gun perfectly and holds it out of sight.
 
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Mr.Dorito said:
Every time someone drives home from the store with a gun & ammo, they have a trunk gun & ammo. Why would this be a gray area, or half ass regulated in Nova Scotia?
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I think they are referring to a trunk gun that lives in the car 24/7 and is meant for use in SHTF scenarios. The RCMP don't seem to approve of that, but I would imagine it is very hard to enforce. It brings up the old "storage vs transport" debate.
 
Depending on where the deer was hit, as far as the law is concerned, in a lot of cities there are no shooting bylaws and you need a permit to discharge a firearm, even if you live on a farm and are defending livestock, as long as your in city limits you could run into trouble. As ####ty as it is, you'd be more justified to use a bat or a knife unfortunately. IMO.
 
G-force, unfortunately you are most correct. I drive an suv so I can simply park on the lungs until its over, done this twice. could have used a firearm but didn't want the hassle from the feds and getting close to a flailing animal with anything is not always recommeded.
 
i don't keep a gun in my truck when i run around town and do my daily stuff. however, as soon as i'm on a road trip or heading into the bush, my Mossberg Maverick pump action 12 gauge is slid behind the seats. it's a tough, reliable gun and very versatile with the 18.5" barrel. slugs, buck, birdshot all can be fired reliably out of it. depending on the trip, i'll occasionally slip a single shot Cooey .22 in beside it.
 
Mandy, ever thought about a levergun? When going camping, cutting wood, etc I noticed my Marlin Guide Gun in 45/70 has developed a habit of crawling under the back seat of my truck, snuggled up in a soft 10/22 case. Maybe the small size and big enough bullets to handle anything I ever hope to meet is part of the decision. Maybe it's because it's more compact than my short shotgun. Could be I just like it. Oh, just in from my brain, if you should ever have to finish off an injured animal, a .22 in the head will even work on a cow!
 
Shotgun. Slug. Low power/velocity stuff. The kind of rounds a smart home owner keeps for that Mossberg Shortie in the hall closet... You do NOT want a shoe full of jacket fragments and asphalt/cement chunks when that over powered center fire comes tear-assing out the other side of that injured Deer and hits the road. I know you're going to aim away from your feet/car/other motorists but flesh and bone do funny things to a bullet's trajectory and that's an awful lot of energy at such a short range.

My $0.02
 
mr_trout said:
Isn't a trunk gun kind of a grey area? I had found the following summary and was curious if it was true:



I always meant to follow up on this...
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If a firearm is in your vehicle it is being "transported" and is therefore not being "stored". Therefore, ergo and ipso facto you may be charged with unsafe storeage however the LEO will look like an idiot when it gets thrown out by the judge.

Not saying that it wouldn't be a PITA, just that you are more than adequately covered when toting in your vehicle...
 
mudgunner49 said:
If a firearm is in your vehicle it is being "transported" and is therefore not being "stored". Therefore, ergo and ipso facto you may be charged with unsafe storeage however the LEO will look like an idiot when it gets thrown out by the judge.

Not saying that it wouldn't be a PITA, just that you are more than adequately covered when toting in your vehicle...
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That's what Dave Tomlinson (NFA) said. (RIP)
 
I agree with the SS 12 ga and a selection of ammo. They work when they need to, and if the gun does end up being confiscated because some pin head cop has would rather write you up for shooting along a numbered road rather than having compassion for an injured animal, its loss is of little economic or emotional hardship.
 
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