(By then IвЂ™d started using a take-down case even for conventional rifles, taking the stock off so theyвЂ™d fit, finding this far more convenient than the typical 20-pound, 4-foot-long rifle case.) This seemed perfect for hunting eastern Montana, or traveling anywhere for both wing-shooting and big game, since like double-barreled shotguns drillings break down easily, fitting into a small travel case. The most common variation is essentially a break-action, double-barreled shotgun with a rifle barrel underneath. I started yearning for another combination gun-this time a drilling, German for a 3-barrel gun. On the valley farms where I hunted pheasants most landowners were friendly to shotguns but not rifles.ДЄt 30 I remarried and my wife Eileen and I started hunting all over the state, and eventually in other states and countries. 30-06 than kill them with a revolver with primitive iron sights. 22 revolver inherited from my father, but in my late 20s I discovered itвЂ™s easier to shoot the heads off mountain grouse with a scoped. At first I packed along the Colt Frontier Scout. In 1974, I was back in western Montana, where I was born and raised and itвЂ™s relatively easy to split the duties of a rifle and shotgun, partly because вЂњmountain grouseвЂќ (ruffed, blue and spruce) can be legally taken with a rifle or handgun, unlike all other gamebirds in the state. European American Armory imports them presently. It comes with open sights and an 11mm scope-mount rail. Apparently these didnвЂ™t sell nearly as well as the more affordable 24, so arenвЂ™t nearly as common.) A presently manufactured, hammerless over/under combo gun is the Baikal, an affordable 2-trigger model with a 12-gauge barrel over a. 308 Winchester with a 12-gauge barrel, known as Models 2400 and 389, both made by Valmet. (Savage also briefly offered a couple of hammerless combo guns in. Though the final version was discontinued in 2007, used 24s are still in considerable demand, and Savage also still offers the Model 42 combo gun under the Stevens brand, a similar outside-hammer over/under in. 410 or 20-gauge shotgun barrels, but rifle chamberings included. Other 24s had varying вЂњfire-control systems,вЂќ and those with separate barrels attached by a bracket at the muzzle could actually be adjusted a little for the shotgun barrelвЂ™s point-of-impact.

4 shot doesnвЂ™t harm a coyote much at 100 yards. But there was a hitch in the switch, and sometimes the wrong barrel went off. Pushing the barrel-switching button up allowed the rifle barrel to fire, and pushing it down switched to the shotgun barrel. The bottom fringe of the full-choke pattern landed about where the gun pointed, but I got used to it. The 24MDL weighed less than 7 pounds and balanced pretty well, but did have a couple of faults. By the time I gave the Savage away several years later to a 13-year-old friend, it had taken game and varmints from doves and squirrels to jackrabbits and sage grouse. (The DL stood for вЂњdeluxe,вЂќ meaning a checkered walnut stock and simple engravings of a fox and a grouse on the receiver.) The price was around $70, much cheaper than buying both a 20-gauge shotgun and. IвЂ™ve been hunting with combination guns off-and-on since 1968, when as a teenage ranch hand I entered a hardware store in Montana looking for an all-around shotgun and came out with a brand-new Savage Model 24MDL, an over/under with a 3-inch, 20-gauge barrel on the bottom and a. When somebody does, objections include вЂњtoo clunkyвЂќ or вЂњexpensive,вЂќ but generalizations rarely land anywhere near the truth. Yet highly opinionated hunters almost never suggest a combination gun, with both rifle and shotgun barrels, when theyвЂ™re discussing the most versatile all-around hunting arms. Despite having a short case and a rather stumpy neck, the cartridge is capable of propelling a 150-grain (9.7В g) bullet at over 2,600В ft/s (790В m/s) with an effective range of over 300В yd (270В m).The answers usually revolve around cartridges and loads, but beyond are endless arguments about bolt actions, pumps, autoloaders or double barrels. 303 Savage in their popular Savage Model 99 hammerless lever-action rifle. It was designed to replace the less powerful. 30 caliber rifle cartridge developed by Savage Arms in 1920. 300 Savage (right)ДЎ50В gr (10В g) Remington Core-Lokt soft point factory loadДЎ50В gr (10В g) Hornady Superperformance SST factory loadДЎ80В gr (12В g) Federal Soft Point factory load A side-by-side size comparison between the.

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