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Posted: 9/25/2009 8:51:25 AM EDT
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What rifles / shotguns can be easily broken down for travel in a backpack? |
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And of course, double barrel shotguns break down into two pieces. Stoeger has a new 20" barreled O/U that would be a great camping shotgun.
http://www.ableammo.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=100499 |
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Armalite AR-7 and its decendents pretty much set the bar. That's awesome! 
http://world.guns.ru/civil/ar7-4.jpg http://world.guns.ru/civil/ar7-3.jpg Unless you can get an original Armalite, avoid these like the plague. 
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DAMN YOU for posting that! M16/9 with DOE upper is one of my "grail guns"... 
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didn't notice the 'RI'..... my condolences. |
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Quoted: Didn't notice the 'RI'..... my condolences. I'll be leaving when I finish school. |
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What are you carrying the gun for while backpacking? At various times I've ported a 1911, 22 target pistol, or 9mm handgun while doing normal backpacking. When bears are an issue, I carry the .45. As just a general survival type gun, I carry the .22 target. While back pack hunting, I've carried a 7mm rem mag bolt action rifle on my shoulder for the intended mule deer and elk.
For me, the issues while normally backpacking have been room and weight, which have always led me to a handgun, sized for my needs and intended for close range use. Again, if i'm worried about a bear encounter, I carry some form of .45, with one spare mag. If I'm worried I might get lost for a few days, I carry a target .22 that I can use for taking small game at limited ranges, plus 200 rounds of ammo. I've never been willing to give up the room in my pack or add the weight load to carry a rifle for general backpacking. I barely have room for a change of clothes on a multi-day backpacking trip, let alone a rifle. |
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Quoted: What rifles / shotguns can be easily broken down for travel in a backpack? Break-action shotgun... Many of them are set up so that they 'take down' into 2 pieces: stock/reciver and barrels... OF course, if you want that sort of 'takedown' capability, an AR would be a good bet... Or an underfolding (say, Knoxx CopStock) piistol-gripped 12Ga pump.... |
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What are you carrying the gun for while backpacking? At various times I've ported a 1911, 22 target pistol, or 9mm handgun while doing normal backpacking. When bears are an issue, I carry the .45. As just a general survival type gun, I carry the .22 target. While back pack hunting, I've carried a 7mm rem mag bolt action rifle on my shoulder for the intended mule deer and elk. For me, the issues while normally backpacking have been room and weight, which have always led me to a handgun, sized for my needs and intended for close range use. Again, if i'm worried about a bear encounter, I carry some form of .45, with one spare mag. If I'm worried I might get lost for a few days, I carry a target .22 that I can use for taking small game at limited ranges, plus 200 rounds of ammo. I've never been willing to give up the room in my pack or add the weight load to carry a rifle for general backpacking. I barely have room for a change of clothes on a multi-day backpacking trip, let alone a rifle. I'd think about something with more penetration than 45 if bear is a concern. 45 ACP has many things to recommend it; penetration is not one of them. |
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What are you carrying the gun for while backpacking? At various times I've ported a 1911, 22 target pistol, or 9mm handgun while doing normal backpacking. When bears are an issue, I carry the .45. As just a general survival type gun, I carry the .22 target. While back pack hunting, I've carried a 7mm rem mag bolt action rifle on my shoulder for the intended mule deer and elk. For me, the issues while normally backpacking have been room and weight, which have always led me to a handgun, sized for my needs and intended for close range use. Again, if i'm worried about a bear encounter, I carry some form of .45, with one spare mag. If I'm worried I might get lost for a few days, I carry a target .22 that I can use for taking small game at limited ranges, plus 200 rounds of ammo. I've never been willing to give up the room in my pack or add the weight load to carry a rifle for general backpacking. I barely have room for a change of clothes on a multi-day backpacking trip, let alone a rifle. I'd think about something with more penetration than 45 if bear is a concern. 45 ACP has many things to recommend it; penetration is not one of them. .45 is the biggest handgun I have to carry when I backpack. Since I'm not willing to shoulder the weight of a rifle on top of my 90 pound pack when backpacking, I carry a .45 in bear country. .45 ammo has decent penetration, especially when loaded with ball ammo. If I can't stop a bear with a 1911 or my SA XD with 12 rounds of .45 ammo, the bear can eat me. I don't worry about being eaten though. The benefit of having the handgun is that it's on my waist, instead of strapped to my pack. Backpacking with a slung rifle is a pain in the ass, so I don't do it. I don't carry a .44 magnum revolver because I'm better with a .45, and I'll need the extra rounds in a bear encounter, since I'll probably waste a few rounds trying to spook a bear unless it is already rushing me. When I backpack, it's always a balance between capability and weight. It's hard to go on a multi-day trip by yourself or with one other back packer and not focus on the weight of what you carry. If you are in a bigger group, and can spread the weight around on the communal items, great. Then I'd probably go ahead and pack a 12 gauge riot gun loaded with slugs. I've never packed with a big enought group to do that though. When I was younger, I could tolerate a heavier pack, but now, 90lbs is a lot for me to carry on my back for an extended period, even it wears me down. |
| There is a take down version of the Browning BLR and there are some custom leverguns that take down. Then there is the Venerable AR15 that seems to have a following here for some reason. You can go the distance and get a. MGI QCB upper for it and pack the whole thing away in less than 18" or so. |
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Winchester model 12 shotguns break down in 2. It's a little tricky the first couple of times, but you get it after playing with it a little. Unfortunely, it isn't in a ready to use configuration.
Consider rifles & shotguns with folding stocks. You can fit an AK underfolder in a medium to large backpack. I have a Calico 9mm w/ a collaspable stock that is pretty small with the stock all the way in. I knew a guy that used an Ithaca 37 with a side folding stock for an Alaska fishing gun. |
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Then this is you.  Alaskan CoPilot (of course in .450 Alaskan)  |
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