You'll do better with the types of slugs you'd want for serious bear defense with a smooth bore. If you want to pack in a few buckshot rounds along with them, even more so.
Old thread. But I'll contribute anyway.
IMO, the very best shotgun available for bear defense is going to be a Mossberg 500 or 590 with an extended magazine and bead front sight. I think it beats any and every other shotgun for bear defense. Why?
1) It has a one piece bolt, non-rotating...
The hound hunting for deer and the disrepectful hunt clubs have gotten out of hand in eastern Va.
I've been hunting east of Richmond since the mid 70s. Particularly in Charles City and New Kent Counties. Dealing with hunt clubs and their dogs, and lack of respect for other hunters and private...
1.5lbs is too light for a hunting rifle. Is it adjustable? I had a Ruger GSR that came with a trigger that broke well under 2 lbs. It was like a permanent hair trigger.
I have a Traditions Pursuit NW Magnum XT.
If you are using any recently manufactured CCI musket caps, then you are using their "reenactor" caps., also labeled "Multiple Use." These are very, very weak caps. I have a hard time lighting any BP substitutes with them.
Schuetzen musket caps, on...
Cheddites are reliable primers, but they are easily pierced. I'm using them in a Traditions Pursuit NW XT with a 209 conversion breech plug, breech face and firing pin. Every shot with the pin pierces the primer. I have to use the 209 breech plug with the musket cap breech face and pin to not...
I live in eastern Virginia and the areas I hunt most frequently are shotgun only. A little farther west, and riles are allowed. But nearer my home its a shotgun-only affair.
I sometimes hunt with smooth bores and foster slugs, which can actually be very accurate. They're killers, too.. But...
I have a BLR Lightweight '81 in .308. It will shoot a sub 2" group at 100 yards. The trigger pull isn't as good as most of my bolt actions, but I've learned to live with it. I have a Leupold FXII Ultralight 2.5X on mine. With sling, it tips the scales at a bit over 7 lbs. I'm sure it would...
The answer is a definite maybe. Generally, weaver style rings will work on either Weaver or Picatinny bases. Picatinny rings work on picatinny bases, and maybe weaver bases. The picatinny slots are wider than weaver slots. If the recoil lug on the picatinny rings fit the slot on the weaver...
Browning doesn't publish it but if you call them they'll tell you. I called them for torque specs on my BLR Lightweights and also asked about the X-Bolt. On the X-Bolt, torque is not to exceed 18 inch pounds. 15 inch pounds is entirely adequate with aluminum bases.
Yes. You can turn both front and rear end for end, which is useful if you have to accomodate a short scope.
Both of the rifles pictured are, obviously, long action. The scope on the .30-06 is shorter than the scope on the .270. I originally had the scope on the .30-06 and the scope on the...
Remington Core Lokts, Federal Power Shok and Winchester Power Point are fine. These rounds have probably accounted for more deer, elk and black bear than all other rounds combined. I've used 150 on deer and black bear and never had any problems with them. My M70 Featherweight is a MOA gun...