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I have a couple of threads on the subject of "sidearms while hunting with a rifle" at two other Alaska forums (one of the threads a poll), and both show over 50% of hunters carrying sidearms. The main difference between the others and this forum is that a lot of hunters post in the former, while just a few in here. | |||
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Naah...this will do the trick...a bit more expensive though 12/70 and 9.3x74...2 of each ![]() | |||
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Little bigger than a hand gun. | |||
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I thought it was the gun on an A-10 Warthog ![]() | |||
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Guns not heavy...but the tripod gets cumbersome ![]() | |||
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If I can't kill it with a rifle, a pistol won't be much help, well maybe to shoot yourself when you realize its all over but the sad singing! ![]() Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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I sidearm is handy if for whatever reason you can't fire the rifle. Anyway, this year I am taking a microwave oven to my campsite. Won't carry it with me while hunting, unless I can keep both a generator and the oven on my side by side ![]() Just kidding, Ray. | |||
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some of you might wish you had that handgun on your side when you rifle goes click instead of boom ! Just saying. | |||
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Interesting thread. What I have learned so far: Ray takes some beautiful pictures. ![]() ![]() There is no need to carry a handgun, just bring Phil Shoemaker along. Anyone who can do this with his bare hands doesn't need a firearm at all! ![]() ![]() In regards to all the extra stuff that is so absolutely indispensable to bring along nowadays, in my 20's I had the realization that I would probably not have to fight bears and went from a larger fixed blade knife to a folder. It was the first change that I did where I realized that even something that insignificant made a notable difference in comfort as I didn't have that sheath hanging up on the undergrowth any more. Sounds silly now but it really had an effect on me back then. In regards to carrying a handgun, I'll refrain from commenting as I have never hunted in AK, but I have noticed in the past that ideas that make plenty of sense when typed out on a computer in the morning with a warm cup of coffee in hand can seem pretty darn stupid in the middle of the woods at 1:00 AM. for every hour in front of the computer you should have 3 hours outside | |||
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Thanks, Mark. Hopefully I will see some moose, or at least birds this moose season (leaving today) ![]() The Auroras should be good depending on cloud covers (has been raining for days, already). | |||
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Mark, What you wrote reminded me that it only took me about one Alaska hunt where I had to pack everything on my back to get rid of everything around my waist except a multi-tool on my belt. Knives went in my pack with a lightweight folder in my pocket, rifle ammo on the rifle stock and my handguns stayed home unless I was hunting with them. Mark MARK H. YOUNG MARK'S EXCLUSIVE ADVENTURES 7094 Oakleigh Dr. Las Vegas, NV 89110 Office 702-848-1693 Cell, Whats App, Signal 307-250-1156 PREFERRED E-mail markttc@msn.com Website: myexclusiveadventures.com Skype: markhyhunter Check us out on https://www.facebook.com/pages...ures/627027353990716 | |||
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Leaving in 2 weeks. Decided to bring the G20 with buffalo bore 220 hard cast ammo. Just because I can ![]() White Mountains Arizona | |||
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Make sure to try that hot ammo in your pistol for proper function. Might need a stiffer recoil spring to dampen the slide a bit to keep from damaging the slide stop. A broken pistol won't protect anything if you needed it. | |||
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Arctic grouse -- the best tasting bird there is !! Take a Lancaster 4 barrel pistol in a good healthy cartridge ! | |||
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I carry a 4" 500 smith in belt holster. Load is 450 grain @ 1200 fps by chronograph. It goes where and when I go even for the river dunking when I slipped and got a little wetter than planed. I have had bear confrontation when I lived in New Mexico 35 years ago. It ended quite quickly with each of hurrying away in the other direction. | |||
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Heavy recoil spring seems to work perfect.. I can't tell its hotter than my regular 10mm ammo but I may chrono it. Main thing it feeds and functions great
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I have a .454 redhawk alskan. While it definitely has the muzzle energy, I find it is almost unshootable with full power loads. But with 400 grain hardcast it will definitely do the job...Of course I will have a .375 with me so the 10mm is just to get to my rifle...
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Wisdom from experience is valuable.. Antlers Double Rifle Shooters Society Heym 450/400 3" | |||
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Last 2 years I spent 30 days in the field on a high altitude elk hunts carrying the same gun. I feel Alaska will be no different. I did not carry a handgun last time I was there. If it's too heavy I'll leave it in the tent I guess or in my pack, but I doubt it. Very comforting in bear country when nature calls ![]() White Mountains Arizona | |||
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What weight recoil spring did you switch to in your G20 to handle Buffalo Bore ammo? | |||
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I got it a glockmeister here in Mesa AZ (great store), stainless guide rod with a 22 or 24 lb spring can't remember. Works great. Also using a KKM barrel with conventional rifling. Very accurate combo with cast bullets. Can't be a sissy racking the slide now though ![]() White Mountains Arizona | |||
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Used one of my sidearms during moose season to shoot this one, right by my campsite. It was around 10:00PM: ![]() | |||
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Very nice Ray. When I worked midnights I use to see a lot of them. Most of the time now I am asleep when they are out and about | |||
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Thanks. This moose season we had a couple of nights without snow, rain, or just cloud cover. Our campsite is on a high point of a ridge at 2,000 feet elevation, thus the sunset in the photo. -------- One out of five of us at the campsite didn't have a sidearm. Three were .454 Casull, and one .44 Magum. However, we ride UTV's to each hunting spot, and one rides an ATV, so extra gear and sidearms aren't a problem. The campsite is quite comfortable, like "home away from home" in relation to foods and amenities. Probably burned 1/2 cord of firewood at the fire-pit and BBQ grill ![]() | |||
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Sounds like a great time. | |||
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Yes, a great time. None of us drinks while hunting, but we eat very well. | |||
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