w squared wrote:Bump. The bear gun thread should never die.
I'd probably look for the stainless model if possible. If you're going to carry it everywhere, low maintenance is good.
Low maintenance is also good when it comes to girlfriends (or boyfriends, if that's what turns yer crank)
Yes stainless would be optimum. The closest one could get in a shotty is nickel plated (Rem 870 Marine or Mossberg 500 marinecoat).
The only problem with the aforementioned is the lack of a barrel option shorter than 18.5" in nickel plate. I wanted short (read compact) and an extra 3" just wouldn't cut it. I hear what you are saying but the parkerized finish on mine is pretty good as far as corrosion goes. I don't worry too much, as you can see it is far from a safe queen. Just clean it and lube it regularly and you are GTG. Pump shotguns are pretty low maintenance to start with- nothing like the cleaning required for a direct gas operated gun like my AR. Maybe cleaning that thing has skewed my perception of low maintenance though....
BTW Buck82, +1 to what Doc said. The man has it covered. The only auto pistol I would exempt from the empty chamber is the Glock (XP, S&W M+P, etc.) due to the multiple passive safeties incorporated in the design. However w squared is right- if you are not comfortable don't do it.
I've got the marlin 45/70 guide gun...it's compact, light and easy to use..4 in the tube, 1 in the breech, prefer the 405 grain...sights don't mean shit because if you need to use it it's probably going to be within 25 yards, point and blast away.if that doesn't work then standby to use it like a baseball bat...sighting it in the 405 will drop about 6 feet in 200 yards but that's really not what it was designed for....got it after we all became criminals for owning handguns without carry permits...the good old days hey ., did you get your grenades from bobby? if I remember she used to stash them in her bra....
Excep that we're talking about a 45-70 lever action. Big difference.That 45-70 will pentrate from one end of the bear's body to the other if you choose the right ammo...something that a 12 gauge simply does't have the energy to do.
BUT...either one is an intelligent choice. It's like the difference between dating a brunette lingerie model and a redheade lingerie model...they'll both get the job done perfectly well.
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I suppos that would do the job...but if you're going to give up on being man-portable, you might as well go whole hog and get the 30mm cannon off the A-10. That 20mm version just doesn't have as much punch, you know?
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You'll need something bigger than a 415 to haul Dr. Bull's gun around. Two 16 inch naval barrels tacked together adds up to a wee bit of weight. Something the size of an aircraft carrier or a fair-sized battleship should do it. I suppose you could put it on rails if you wanted to shoot something other than polar bears.
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Is the original gun still on Trinidad.The theory would be to use your Sat phone give the lat and long off the GPS and a large shell should be inbound anywhere in twelve minutes globally.GPS guided shells should make for smaller faster response times rather than the huge house size shells they were trying to use in the original gun.With a liitle work you could probably get a gun like that to get off at least two rounds before the bear has finished eating you
w squared wrote:So where exaclty is that piece of hardware mounted on your duck, Driving Rain?
The plan is to put it in the back door, a sort of amphib SPOOKY AC-47 gunship, I'm working on the approval as I write this. Transport Canada is a little gun shy at this point. It should be a good deterrent too poachers don't you think?
Perhaps the rounds could be made out of highly compressed fertilizer so that it has a multi-purpose ammo that if it misses the forest will be fertile .
And if it is ever used in anger when some tough marine sargent shouts give em shit .Give em shit is what you give em
You should try a sidemounting, angled downwards. Apparently if you angle it right, and get your angle of bank just right, you can hold your fire on one spot on the ground for quite some time. Then you just mark a spot on your cockpit window with grease pencil (or a staedler marker) and bank to hold it on your target...oops, I mean the patch of forest that you wish to fertilize.
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Actually, Dr. Bull's gun would be quite effective against bears. All you have to do is figure out where they happen to be hibernating, and then call in a couple of rounds on them.
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w squared wrote:I suppos that would do the job...but if you're going to give up on being man-portable, you might as well go whole hog and get the 30mm cannon off the A-10. That 20mm version just doesn't have as much punch, you know?
Your right the USN has just made a ciws out of the avenger cannon
Combining that 30mm APDSDU round (if that's what they're using) with a longer-ranged radar than the initial phalanx and modern software would result in some impressive performance.
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That S&W 500 is just plain stupid! A cute little red suitcase? Not legal in Canada (under 4") and probably $1200 a copy. If you're going to carry an illegal firearm, there are cheaper ways to go. No cop, or game warden, will ticket you for using an illegal firearm, IF you have bite marks on your leg? And a S&W 500 is pretty useless, back in the cabin, in a cute little red suitcase.
I was in SIR in YWG yesterday. I can't help it. I didn't know they were a Kimber dealer. Going to have to get me one of their 1911's in a .40 S&W. Not a "bear stopper", but what a beautiful piece!
Transport Canada is a little gun shy at this point. It should be a good deterrent too poachers don't you think? 
