"I wonder if the .22 Hornet really is the survival gun par excellence as he alluded to in How to Stay Alive in the Woods?"
I guess that proves that Bradford Angier must not have gotten all his book information from the old time bushman, because not one of the old time bushmen would recommend the .22 Hornet for a bush survival gun.
For the old time trappers and prospectors who lived year around in their cabin in the wilderness, their survival rifle was a light 22 calibre using shorts. They would have a center fire, nearly always a 30-30, at the cabin, but they only carried it in the late fall while they were looking for winter meat.
In the summer and fall they would often be weeks, or even months, away from their cabin and their only rifle would be the trusty 22 single shot.
I guess that proves that Bradford Angier must not have gotten all his book information from the old time bushman, because not one of the old time bushmen would recommend the .22 Hornet for a bush survival gun.
For the old time trappers and prospectors who lived year around in their cabin in the wilderness, their survival rifle was a light 22 calibre using shorts. They would have a center fire, nearly always a 30-30, at the cabin, but they only carried it in the late fall while they were looking for winter meat.
In the summer and fall they would often be weeks, or even months, away from their cabin and their only rifle would be the trusty 22 single shot.
