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Posted: 6/13/2018 5:49:33 PM EDT
There have been a million city slicker trunk gun threads, more redneck truck gun threads, but I haven't seen a tractor gun thread yet. Ive been thinking about what would be best for the occasional groundhog i see in the field. My AO is populated enough that I don't want anything that will travel too far so I was thinking a pistol caliber ar pistol might be ideal for the occasional >50 yard groundhog. Looking for input on options. What is your tractor gun? How do you carry it? Bonus internet points for pics of your tractor gun mounted to your tractor.
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I have my grandfather's tractor gun he used to shoot jackrabbits.
It's a 10 shot JC Higgens .22 revolver. I used it last week to kill a rattlesnake on my mother's porch. |
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Used an SAR1 for a while but it was in KS and it wouldn’t reach far enough. 223 did better but dust was too much. If I were doing it again I would got single shot in at least 6.5 Grendel. Maybe Thompson.
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I have a Ruger American Ranch rifle in 5.56 mounted vertically and Rough Rider 22 mag revolver that is usually riding along as well.
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Mine for bush hogging was a 9shot 22lr revolver... but I wasn't really worried about bigstuff just snakes and coons, cause we had chickens. No real coyote presence where I grew up.
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My old man worked 40 years as farm hand. he used a savage break open in .22 hornet. Many coyotes died
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Sounds like a good excuse for a Ruger 9mm PC carbine: https://ruger.com/products/pcCarbine/models.html
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There have been a million city slicker trunk gun threads, more redneck truck gun threads, but I haven't seen a tractor gun thread yet. Ive been thinking about what would be best for the occasional groundhog i see in the field. My AO is populated enough that I don't want anything that will travel too far so I was thinking a pistol caliber ar pistol might be ideal for the occasional >50 yard groundhog. Looking for input on options. What is your tractor gun? How do you carry it? Bonus internet points for pics of your tractor gun mounted to your tractor. View Quote Cousins that run the place now still use it. |
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My dealer showed me his tractor gun. 7.5" xcr SBR with a can that I don't recall. With that short of a barrel it's basically a 22mag but oh well.
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Otherwise it's the 17HMR
The perfect cartridge for tractor guns and small varmints. Easily run 1,000 rounds a year through it. 2,700 alone last year. Attached File |
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AR, 20" bull barrel, 4.5-14 VXIII Leupold, 20 round mag as 30 sticks out too far.
Tempted to switch to a pistol, love a 5.7 FN if you could put a scope on it. Might go XP100 .221 Fireball. Pistol just easier to deal with in tractor or windrower. Mainly shoot coyotes, occasional raccoon, prairie dog, badger, porcupines. |
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Sometimes, like when I'm expecting a badger I'll take a little more gun with me
Attached File Dad jumped in the tractor and left me this review of it Okay, the rifle you left in the 6420, great trigger, good loads blew the dogs into pieces, scope is weird, shot up all the ammo put it in the white shop next to the 17 View Quote |
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I would have thought the Winchester 30-30 to be the quintessential tractor gun.
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A suppressor would be ideal but i cross state lines daily and dont want to deal with that headache or the stamp.
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Sometimes a 16" 5.56 AR, sometimes a 12" 5.56 AR, sometimes an 18" 6.5 Grendel, sometimes a G19.....it varies a lot.
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Obvious answer is an actual "Tractor Gun." The M1 Garands made by International Harvester after WWII and during Korea.
Pic from another thread on ARFCOM: https://www.ar15.com/forums/armory/International_Harvester_M1_Garand_pics/6-234109/ |
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Guy I knew had a bracket made and mounted a SKS to the fender of his tractor.
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Nephew shot a coyote but had the barrel too close to the external mirror on an 8270 JD tractor. Mirror is only $270.
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I use a nine foot harrow. The dust and bouncing would beat up any gun I own. I don’t even carry a wallet. Harrowed one up and luckily found it later.
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Sometimes, like when I'm expecting a badger I'll take a little more gun with me https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/42942/20180609_131013-574799.JPG Dad jumped in the tractor and left me this review of it View Quote |
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An AR of some sort. That’s not very specific but I grab what’s handy. I try to shoot them all
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I hate badgers! Last fall I killed one with a tree branch as my weapon was in the tractor and I wasn't. Took a lot of whacks to end him, quite the adrenaline rush for me, back to the basics. View Quote Looks like someone took an 8" post auger to your field when they move in |
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I have my Grandfather's tractor gun from when he was a boy. It's a single shot bolt action .22 short.
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Is there anything even left? View Quote 12 gauge sucks, it might kill them but 50% easily run back down the hole. Their fleshly little hide absorbs the impact really well. When you see the pattern spread out all around the dog, you know it's going to be fatal, but it's not dramatic at all. |
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