Do any of you believe in some firearms being luckier than others?It seems every year I have a new toy to try see nothing for a week decide to take my Marlin 30AS 30/30 and deer seem to pop up every where.My father in law had a 300 Win. mag for 4 straight years and never seen a deer when he carried this rifle.Took another gun and had to choose which deer to shoot.Anyone else experience this ?
"lucky" Firearms?
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my 300 winchester seems to be pritty good!
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I've got an ole Winchester 2400 12 gauge autoloader. It doesn't cycle too good anymore. The safety is acting up, and sometimes you gotta pull the trigger twice. But the funny thing is, if I carry that gun, I don't come home empty handed. First, I've never missed a bird with that gun. If I got a good shell, I know it will bring it down. Second, it seems to know what's in season. I carry that gun for ducks, I see ducks. I say I'm going to shoot a couple ruffed grouse, I shoot ruffed grouse, not blues. Once, I was just wandering around a field, and jump shooting ducks. The next day, pheasant opener, and the same spot, I tag out in about a half hour. Never saw a rooster the day before. I'll keep that gun forever.
Interesting thread. The relationship with the gun is complex. Weight, balance and handling are subtle but affect the way we move and behave. Confidence and familiarity are factors in how we interact with the gun and the environment.
I don't believe in "lucky" or "unlucky" guns, but I do believe that certain guns suit their owners better than others. The "fit" of the gun affects not just shooting, it affects how you move and mingle with your surroundings.
I have a shotgun which consistently brings home more sharptail grouse than any other gun I use. Is it a lucky gun? Other guns fit me as well, and many of them will throw a better pattern, but none bring home the sharptail like the "old girl" does.
I doubt that this is due to some supernatural force inherent in the gun. Instead, I think that the gun simply suits my stride in the hills and dales of sharptail country - it carries well for me. My confidence in it (gained over 15 years) allows me to shoot it well. Is that luck? Finding a gun that allows me to hunt well could be considered lucky, I suppose.
Sharptail
I don't believe in "lucky" or "unlucky" guns, but I do believe that certain guns suit their owners better than others. The "fit" of the gun affects not just shooting, it affects how you move and mingle with your surroundings.
I have a shotgun which consistently brings home more sharptail grouse than any other gun I use. Is it a lucky gun? Other guns fit me as well, and many of them will throw a better pattern, but none bring home the sharptail like the "old girl" does.
I doubt that this is due to some supernatural force inherent in the gun. Instead, I think that the gun simply suits my stride in the hills and dales of sharptail country - it carries well for me. My confidence in it (gained over 15 years) allows me to shoot it well. Is that luck? Finding a gun that allows me to hunt well could be considered lucky, I suppose.
Sharptail
Lucky gun and ammo
My old 30-06 Husqvarna was definetly my lucky gun, but I always carried my lucky (superstitous?) number of shells with me, five in the mag and two in the pocket. It seemed that when I did this, I got a moose. It always turned out to be a surplus of ammo, because I don't ever remember shooting more than twice for a moose.
My old 30-06 Husqvarna was definetly my lucky gun, but I always carried my lucky (superstitous?) number of shells with me, five in the mag and two in the pocket. It seemed that when I did this, I got a moose. It always turned out to be a surplus of ammo, because I don't ever remember shooting more than twice for a moose.
Lucky gun! You bet! My .30-06 Ruger has taken lots of game...then again, I've only hunted with it for the last 25 years! So the odds are in it's favor! hehehe.
If it works, don't mess with it is my policy.
I've always believed if you bring along a new hunter with you, your luck greatly increases. Every time I did, I got my deer...or at least the new hunter had a chance at one.
If it works, don't mess with it is my policy.
I've always believed if you bring along a new hunter with you, your luck greatly increases. Every time I did, I got my deer...or at least the new hunter had a chance at one.
Absolutly
Bought a new Marlin 375BB in the early 80s just for deer hunting, loved that gun, shot well, carried nice I carried that gun the first week of deer & a couple days into the second week for 15+ yrs never got a deer with it Always switched out mid second week to an old 1899 Sav in 303 & almost always got my deer in the next day or two! You just can't convince me there's no such thing as a "lucky gun" 
or an "unlucky" one
Bought a new Marlin 375BB in the early 80s just for deer hunting, loved that gun, shot well, carried nice
I carried that gun the first week of deer & a couple days into the second week for 15+ yrs never got a deer with it Always switched out mid second week to an old 1899 Sav in 303 & almost always got my deer in the next day or two! You just can't convince me there's no such thing as a "lucky gun" or an "unlucky" one Mine is my (first real rifle) Remington BDL DM SS in .280 rem. This things shoots tacks (literally), and kills everything I point at. It is currently on a 19 one-shot-kill run. When I need to get serious, I put away my other rifles and break out my pet .280.
Lucky Gun?? That's a lot of Hooey!! The "Lucky" Gun is the one you have in your hands when legal game is in your sights. I have shot game with a very large number of different firearms, never, ever thought of "Luck" having anything to do with the rifle. Regards, Eagleye.
A rifle gains medicine from you, good... or bad. As an extension of yourself, you are spiritually connected with that rifle and animal you kill. That rifle will always carry that medicine, good or bad.
So, it is important to spend the time to "know" your rifle and it's capabilities to develop a good rapport. It is just as important to know your animal and ensure it a clean, quick death. This, is good medicine.
So, it is important to spend the time to "know" your rifle and it's capabilities to develop a good rapport. It is just as important to know your animal and ensure it a clean, quick death. This, is good medicine.
I believe that "luck" is the result of skill meeting opportunity. There are no lucky guns just those with which you are most comfortable that you have the skill to use when the right opportunity presents itself.
