Bush Survival guns?

A mare's leg seems like a great idea until you actually try to hit something with one. There is a good reason so many "almost new" ones are put up for sale, and so many after market stocks are being sold. They are very difficult to shoot accurately.
I have recently purchased what i believe is the smallest, lightest, handiest rifle of adequate power for a wilderness survival / defence / some hunting. A Rossi M92 16" ss .44 mag with upgraded sights. Under 6 lbs, short enough to sling on my back with nothing sticking out to catch twigs, and "big" enough to kill a moose or bear at close range, with ammo that is reasonably packable too. Looking forward to using it.
 
Brian I never thought of it before but I guess being friends with several CO's has its benefits because we were never hassled while carrying it.
 
I am sort of in the same boat. I like a simple compact firearm to take back woods camping. Here is what I have.

1. AR-7 .22 - What a cool and fun gun
2. Dominion Arms Grizzly 12 gauge shot gun- Really good for a Chinese 870 knock off
3. Chiappa Badger Single shot .22 - Fun compact... only one shot of course
4. "Warrior" short barrel single shot 12 gauge shot gun - Much better than the Chinese single shot floating around.
 
Longwalker said:
A mare's leg seems like a great idea until you actually try to hit something with one. There is a good reason so many "almost new" ones are put up for sale, and so many after market stocks are being sold. They are very difficult to shoot accurately.
I have recently purchased what i believe is the smallest, lightest, handiest rifle of adequate power for a wilderness survival / defence / some hunting. A Rossi M92 16" ss .44 mag with upgraded sights. Under 6 lbs, short enough to sling on my back with nothing sticking out to catch twigs, and "big" enough to kill a moose or bear at close range, with ammo that is reasonably packable too. Looking forward to using it.
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In stock (less) form the mare's leg are a challenge for sure but with some practice they can approach groups similar to what most intermediate shooters can shoot with a handgun.
Your stainless trapper .44mag is a great bush gun and not much longer then a stocked mare's leg and you can hold more ammo in the tube!

I don't understand why the importers or Rossi products don't bring in more stainless trappers. The .454's were around for a couple years but none have come in to Canada for some time now.

As far as the sub caliber adapters go, the best I've tried are the latest generation of Short Lane's with the O rings and finger groove for easier extraction.
Once you figure out the best indexing for point of impact with your sights and as long as you repeat the indexing they are plenty accurate for grouse out to 25 yards.
 
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Longwalker said:
A mare's leg seems like a great idea until you actually try to hit something with one. There is a good reason so many "almost new" ones are put up for sale, and so many after market stocks are being sold. They are very difficult to shoot accurately.
I have recently purchased what i believe is the smallest, lightest, handiest rifle of adequate power for a wilderness survival / defence / some hunting. A Rossi M92 16" ss .44 mag with upgraded sights. Under 6 lbs, short enough to sling on my back with nothing sticking out to catch twigs, and "big" enough to kill a moose or bear at close range, with ammo that is reasonably packable too. Looking forward to using it.
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Yes sir. To me, there's about 5-6 inches of wooden stock missing at the proper end.
 
Brutus said:
Yes sir. To me, there's about 5-6 inches of wooden stock missing at the proper end.
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Many to most agree with a full stock but I'd say 2-3 inches is all that's really needed to be able to shoulder it, specially if you square your shoulders and stance towards the target.
If you prefer a full length of pull stock might as well go for the 16"er.
 
Can-down said:
Thanks.
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in regards to the pro mag 25 rounders, I am not sure of other peoples experience with these, but mine run absolutely flawless in my 795, never a hiccup whatsoever, I run rem golden, cci mini mags, yellow jackets all fantastic, they make the 795 a barrel of laughs, I am just disappointed they took the pro mag drum mags off the market, from what I saw they were lights out as well
 
Brutus said:
Thank you for that interesting tidbit of info westarm. I have a half finished project 9mm 7" insert for one shotgun, that has yet to be tested.
You have my curiousity up now.

Cheers....
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I am interested to hear your results, I think you will be pleasantly surprised with it, my daughter who is 10 now has been shooting the 9mm from a double barrel 12 guage since she was 8, lol, there is no recoil at all, its like shooting a 22. the accuracy is better than any of the other in the set, my set is 8 pieces all 7", 9mm, 22, 38 and 357, 40s&w, 45 auto, 410 and 45 colt, 44 mag and 20 guage
 
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with the flexibility of a 12 guage, its really all you "need" in the bush, between slugs and shot everything is covered, however we are a unique breed we need 1 of everything please!!

having a nice camp to go to north, I have experimented with several inexpensive {due to resulting damage and carelessness, lol} "bush" guns

I have a dom arms outlaw a dom arms backpacker a savage 410/ 22 combo a warrior 12 guage a norinco jw15 a nork jw 20 and a set of adapters all of these items were "must haves" and they almost all fit in one double gun case, lol
 
I own a Henry survival rifle and love it. Extremely light weight, it's actually really accurate, I really enjoy owning it. Only problem is it is picky on ammo, needs to be 1200 for or more.
 
You could always keep your 12 gauge and use some shotgun adapters from short lane to give you more versatility for different calibre to be shot out of the one firearm
 
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