I keep reading these posts about truck guns and I was curious on what you guys are using as your "Truck Gun" or behind the seat shooter. Since I got rid of my SKS, I thought I would pick your brainson what you use.

I was bouncing around with a rancher yesterday looking at antelope and spotted several coyotes, his bounce around gun was an old Mosin-Nagant carbine. It was loud, but it did the trick.

I use Stevens models 200 in 22-250. Cheap and accurate. I'm not too concerned if i scrath it.

I've got an early 80's Marlin 444,loaded with 300gr. LBTs. It's got a Williams 5D receiver sight and looks like its been used for a sledge hammer of a boat paddle but it's damned accurate.

Here's mine, an intermediate mauser in Kal 8x57 (The original 338 Federal). Homemade peep sight. Normally it has a sight hood but this was taken prior to the first trip to the range to "adjust" the front sight height.



About 7 lbs and shoots honest 1" groups when I don;t drink too much coffee beforehand, lol.

Lately it's been a Rem Model 600 in .308W, with a Weaver 2.5x. Nate

I found a century arms centurian 98 in 30/06 in a choate synthetic stock. I topped it with a luepold 2-7x33 VxII and called it good. All invested was less than 350 dollars. Its a good 1.5 MOA shooter with 180gr factory loads and only weighs 7lbs or so.

I have a Savage 22-250 in my truck 24-7.

I carry a 788 Rem carbine in .308 in a cheap Ramline stock topped with a Weaver 4X. MOA or less at a very reasonable price for the whole package.

The Bear_78, is the 9.3 too new to carry for a truck gun? Packy

My trunk guns are on a rotation

Ishy 2A
Yugo SKS
No4MkI
Yugo Mauser 24/47
two Mosin M38's
Hungarian M44

Once in a great while, Grandads M99 Savage. But I put in a case. It's kinda valuable to me.

ZM

Ruger M77 MKII stainless synthetic in sporter weight with 3-9x Leupold scope. Caliber is .223 because of all of the coyotes here in Utah. It is also great fun on ground squirrels and woodchucks in the summer. I shoot cheap Ultramax remanufactured ammo loaded with 55 grain softpoints.

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Originally posted by packrattusnongratus:
The Bear_78, is the 9.3 too new to carry for a truck gun? Packy

If someone broke out my window and stole the 06 I'm only out a few hundred, if they stole the 9.3 I would be much more upset.

Savage model 24. 222 over 20 gauge.

For Montana, I'd say something with a synthetic stock, a low cost but decent variable ( a Tasco 2.5 x 10 varmint scope for $69.00 is a great scope for that).... and chambered in 223 ( cheap ammo) or a 22.250 or 243 next....

A used Rem ADL or a Stevens 200, with that Tasco scope would be my first picks...

cheers
seafire

I used a Swedish Mauser 6.5x55 when they were really cheap and I didn't need a scope as much. Lately it's been a Rem700 ADL, synthetic stock, in .243, with a Leupold Vari-X II 3x9.

I've got a Swede too. In a Ramline with a scout scope.

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Originally posted by z1r:
Here's mine, an intermediate mauser in Kal 8x57 (The original 338 Federal). Homemade peep sight. Normally it has a sight hood but this was taken prior to the first trip to the range to "adjust" the front sight height.



About 7 lbs and shoots honest 1" groups when I don;t drink too much coffee beforehand, lol.

What stock is that?


Okie John

Hi John,

That's a Boyds that I reworked extensively. I would actually like to have thinned & trimmed it some more but needed it finished.

All in all considering how inexpensive the stock was I can't complain and it points and shoots well. The whole project cost me less than $175 inlcuding the milsurp mauser and it shoots better than my 700 .30-06 ever did, lol.

Financially I could live with someone stealing it.

I keep a Savage 24V in 223/20 in my truck 24/7. When I lived out in the country, I used to keep a 22-250 to shot coyotes on the way to and from work. Many of my farmer friends keep SKS' in their tractors and combines, but most of those now rusty SKS' were bought back when you could buy NIB Norinco Chinese SKSs by the case lot for $99 each.

Jeff

I keep a Vanguard 22-250 & Smith & Wesson .40 in my truck

Sporterized No 4 Mk 1 .303.

Sometimes a .357 Mag - a little handier than a long gun.

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Originally posted by z1r:
Hi John,

That's a Boyds that I reworked extensively. I would actually like to have thinned & trimmed it some more but needed it finished.

All in all considering how inexpensive the stock was I can't complain and it points and shoots well. The whole project cost me less than $175 inlcuding the milsurp mauser and it shoots better than my 700 .30-06 ever did, lol.

Financially I could live with someone stealing it.

Sorry for the Hi-Jack
Lets get back to that Boyd's stock. How much work did you do to the inside to get it to fit?

Which variation of the intermediate Mauser action?
One of the Yugo versions?

Thank You
You will now be returned to your regularly scheduled forum.

ZM

Not quite sure what you mean by the inside. If you mean how much inletting, not much. But I took darn near a pound of wood off the outside. The forearm was too long, and everything else too thick. It was not a lite stock as it came.

It's a Yugo M48A, that I replaced the triggerguard on. I like the "A" model better because they seem to have refined the machining a bit with that variant. It was in excellent condition. I recontoured the barrel, added the barrel band swivel, peep sight, then rust blued it.

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Originally posted by MThuntr:
I keep reading these posts about truck guns and I was curious on what you guys are using as your "Truck Gun" or behind the seat shooter. Since I got rid of my SKS, I thought I would pick your brainson what you use.

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Mauser FR-8 in 308. Not much to say. Fanatstic little rifle with power to spare.

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Originally posted by z1r:
Not quite sure what you mean by the inside. If you mean how much inletting, not much. But I took darn near a pound of wood off the outside. The forearm was too long, and everything else too thick. It was not a lite stock as it came.

It's a Yugo M48A, that I replaced the triggerguard on. I like the "A" model better because they seem to have refined the machining a bit with that variant. It was in excellent condition. I recontoured the barrel, added the barrel band swivel, peep sight, then rust blued it.

I have a Yugo 24/47. I wanted to know how much inletting is needed to fit a 24/47.
I am considering doing just enough, ie: bent bolt, D&T and safety to get a good thrash-about rifle.

Thanks

ZM

Zeke,

Usually semi-inlets are a little too inletted. This wasn;t bad and Boyds makes a stock specifically for the M48, 24/47, etc. You no longer have to modify a swede stock to fit.

Hate to tell you this but that ain't no FR8. FR8's had an integral peep sight.

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Originally posted by 35Whelen:




Mauser FR-8 in 308. Not much to say. Fanatstic little rifle with power to spare.

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Originally posted by Poleax:
Hate to tell you this but that ain't no FR8. FR8's had an integral peep sight.

LOL....Hate to tell YOU, but it WAS indeed an FR-8. I bought the rifle as a stock FR-8 and converted it myself. Those integral rear sights were welded to the receiver and quite simple to remove. And, believe it or don't, that's even what's left of the original stock after I finished working it over.

Well,

You sure showed me. I knew the sight was welded, just didn't think some one would remove it. I thought maybe you had one of the 1916 small rings but couldn't tell from the pic.

Indeed a good truck gun!

A Scout rifle of whatever sort is probably the quintessential "truck gun". It's an all purpose rifle powerful and accurate enough for anything you might encounter but handy enough to keep around. Mine's a Steyr 308 with a Kahles 2-7...............DJ

My truck gun is a 6.5x55 that I picked up real cheap already in the ramline stock and sporterized, I added a timney trigger, a cock on open and speedlock kit, $100 Sightron S1 3-9x40 scope and worked up some cheap load using Rem core lokt bulk bullets. The gun shoots extremely well with IMR 4350 and 4064 both to the same point of impact as the Sellior&Bellot factory 131 grain bullets, I am loving this little gun ( shot it again today )

You know, Savage made a Scout rifle for a while in 7-08 and 308. They ought to make dandy truck guns for those not wanting to mess with all the 'smithing involved with the various Mausers.

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Originally posted by 35Whelen:
You know, Savage made a Scout rifle for a while in 7-08 and 308. They ought to make dandy truck guns for those not wanting to mess with all the 'smithing involved with the various Mausers.

Scouts make great "truck guns"...and if you buy a Remington 700 there is no "smithing" to do at all. Just buy a B-Square Scout base that screws to the two forward receiver holes and the two screws holes from the removed rear sight and you are done...

Mine started out as a .308 Winchester M700 Youth synthetic. Added a LimbSaver slip-on recoil pad, Uncle Mikes Mountain Sling and a Leupold IER scope that I bought used for $150.00 that still had the Styer scout rings on it...sold them so I even have less into the scope.



My 24/7 truck gun is a Savage M24DL .22 Magnum/20 ga. with a Leupold 1.5-5 scope in a BKL one piece mount. This 700 Scout is my traveling rifle, backup hunting rifle, rainy day rifle... It goes most places with me but usually isn't left in the truck.

Bob

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Originally posted by z1r:
Hi John,

That's a Boyds that I reworked extensively. I would actually like to have thinned & trimmed it some more but needed it finished.

All in all considering how inexpensive the stock was I can't complain and it points and shoots well. The whole project cost me less than $175 inlcuding the milsurp mauser and it shoots better than my 700 .30-06 ever did, lol.

Financially I could live with someone stealing it.

Thanks - that's a very nice-looking job, as I'd expect from you. It's amazing how many nice stocks there are out there, hidden under all that extra wood, just waiting for someone who knows what they're doing hold them and love them.


Okie John

Don't know about all these SCOPED "truck rifles"!

I couldn't keep a scope sighted in for one day riding around off road in my truck!

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Originally posted by RaySendero:
Don't know about all these SCOPED "truck rifles"!

I couldn't keep a scope sighted in for one day riding around off road in my truck!

That's probably why there's a 12 ga slug gun behind my seat.
-Don

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Originally posted by RaySendero:
Don't know about all these SCOPED "truck rifles"!

I couldn't keep a scope sighted in for one day riding around off road in my truck!

Ray...you have to put the rifle somewhere other than in the open bed in with no case while riding the ranch roads...

If a rifle scope will take all the recoil generated while shooting..I can't see it not holding zero if properly secured in a rack or in a case on the back floor...

Bob

Hmmmmmm -- "Truck gun."

Locals here all have trucks, spit snoose out the windows, and have some sort of firearm somewhere on board. Training with the volunteer fire dept. here we were warned repeatedly about "car fires" and that we need to be aware there is probably live ammo in the vehicle.

OK -- I might see a Roosevelt Elk on the way home from CostCo. Or coyote, deer for sure. Not too worried about "muggers" and "car jackers."

Back in the "big city" I had a gun in the vehicle for muggers and car jackers. Rem. 870, 12 gauge, 20" Imp. Cyl. bbl. O buck or 1 buck because it's more shot, only slightly smaller which is nice at 10 feet.

But out here, "in the wilderness" -- North Oregon Coast -- a "truck gun" is sort of like figuring out what sort of footwear you're going to pull on to head into town. Rain gear? Barn boots?

My Rem. 870 developed rust being left in the truck. I decided long ago not to leave guns or tools in the truck, because of the rusting.

Am I really going to "hunt" ??? No.

If there's a huge buck Roosevelt on the highway, and I've got a tag -- It's unlawful to shoot game on the highway.

No muggers, jackers.

I see coyote, a fair amount. Deer too, mostly doe, but a buck now and then.

My buddy has a buck coming into his apples for food. He has a tag, but won't shoot it because he "wants to go hunting out in the woods."

(Never mind that he lives out in the woods.)

Truck gun. It changes, like the boots and the hat.

Smith 629, 4" bbl. 44 mag. handgun. Nice to have. Big enough for almost any "exigency."

Weatherby Vanguard, 30-06, Leupold 3 - 9x 40mm. There ya go. I found it in a pawn shop. It's got some "blemishes." But 85% easy, mostly cosmetic stuff. I don't care if it gets bumped.

Ammo in the truck for this runs 150 gr. and 180 gr.

Ruger Number 1, stainless, 45/70 Govt. Leupold VX-III, 1.75 - 6x 32mm. Heavy reticle, for dense cover. Ammo runs 350 gr. and 400 gr. But if this is in the truck, we're pretty much actually, kinda, sorta, "hunting."

AK-47 -- what can I say?

Rem. Mod. 870 (above). I should find a longer bbl. for this baby.

Stevens side/side 12 gauge, double bbl. screw in chokes. But if I have this, I'm "hunting."

Yugo M-48 Mauser -- Whoa! I like Mauser in 8mm.

I never toss the Uzi's in the truck. Mod. 45, pistol, carbine, and a "Jericho" compact, 9mm.

-- Somebody needs to start a "truck knives" thread. *LMAO*

I just put together this one. It started out as a 223Rem Ruger M77 AllWeather. I had it re-barreled with a take off Remington 270Win barrel that was set back and rechambered in 6.8SPC Remington. That's a NEGC rear sight and an XS front. The front sight is .450" high, but I could have gone with one .400". The magazine box was replaced with the 22/250 version, it holds five.

It shoots sub 1/2moa with Hornady 110gr V-max ammo.



Cost to date, not including the Trijicon Accupoint 3-9x scope and Leupold low mounts that I have for it, under $600.

It's good for states where bears are not a problem, but were I living in Montana again, I would carry at least a 308Win.

f224, that thing is sweet! Who did the work?


Okie John