Savage Rascal for pack/grouse gun?

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I am looking for a cheap, lightweight and accurate .22 I can sling on my back while I'm out hunting. Last week while I was in the boonies looking for deer, I passed up at least a half dozen juicy grouse because I only had my .308 and the dumbass regulations forbid carrying a .22 handgun for hunting. I know the Rascal is a kid's gun, but the small size of it would be ideal to carry on my back or in a knapsack. Any thoughts or opinions would be welcome....
 
I say go for it
I have thought about it myself. Mind you the only one I have is my daughters and it is pink.
I really enjoy shooting it and it is quite accurate with the peep sights
It will definitely feel unusual being so small; but once you get passed that it is a great little single shot rifle IMHO

Shoot straight - chrisco
 
I bought one for my girls. I use it on squirrel.
I find the sights to be great. The trigger is adjustable. I saw one last year with a surprisingly nice wood stock.
Dan
 
Was in the same dilemma last fall. I was actually quite impressed with the Rascal but ended up getting CZ452 Scout and never looked back. The CZ Scout is a great grouse gun plus the kids love it for target shooting with a scope.
 
The Rascal is too small for all but children. A gun "in your pack" is not a gun for shooting grouse. Carry a sling shot in one pocket and a half dozen marbles in the other to get the job done. Hell, I've killed grouse (more than one) with an inexpertly thrown hatchet.
 
I carry my pink rascal on it's pink sling and use this 22 ammo.It's super quiet.

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I was in the same boat as you a while back. Lots of jokes were made at the hunt camp when I showed up with the pink savage ( but a pot full of road ckickens shut them up in a hurry ) . I have since switched over to a TC HotShot, alot slimmer and a bit lighter. It also came with stock shims so the LOP can be adjusted and a good peep sight. The HotShot was almost made for this sort of thing as a pack rifle. My daughter keeps telling me not to break it though when I take it with me.
 
walden said:
The Rascal is too small for all but children. A gun "in your pack" is not a gun for shooting grouse. Carry a sling shot in one pocket and a half dozen marbles in the other to get the job done. Hell, I've killed grouse (more than one) with an inexpertly thrown hatchet.
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While I agree that a slingshot is a better choice, the Rascal can be shot accurately by adults. We whack the 300m gong FREEHAND at our camp with ours. Many a pop can have fallen to it too.
 
I use my boys little rascal, had a little 2-6x28 on it, but , he recently upgraded himself to a 4x banner, (six years old, deciding that he needed a new optic for his rifle....found him on his own at the cabelas gun counter having the guy show him optics, guy thinking he was joking until he said he would take the banner....pretty proud) that thing is stupidly accurate, damn near keeping on the heels of my mk11, have shot magpie, gophers with it, love it.
 
i have a 10/22 built just for this. I used an 11.5" dlask barrel and topped it with a 1-4x banner. Put it in the old factory all-weather boat paddle stock. It is very accurate and very light weight. It is very loud to shoot but I could shoot quiets or cb's if it really began to bother me. It spends most of its life in the toolbox of the atv or truck.
 
i thought about grabbing a papoose or henry ar7 for this task but came to the conclusion that an extra 5-6lbs in the pack wouldn't be doing me any favors over the coarse of a day of hunting (10-15k walking) and by the time i got everything clicked together i would have about enough time to watch it fly away and put everything back into my pack.
 
Go for it. I have a tiny .22 (GJA Anschutz "Boy's Rifle" with the stock cut down) that I've been using for this purpose while deer hunting this fall and it has been very handy. I slide it into a couple of tightened compression straps on my backpack and I don't even notice the extra 3.5 pounds. Easy enough to just reach back and slide it out, then grab a round from my pocket and take the grouse or hare, as it were. Have to take my pack off to slide the .22 back in the straps, but I have to take the pack off to put the critter in anyway.

Sure, I'm not taking anything at any great distance as I would with my scoped Savage 93, but that's not what I am out there for.
 
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