A good walking around gun.

I also want it in 5.56 since I have an ar-15 in the same caliber and I'm a fan of that caliber, it will do everything I want it to, from shooting armadillos, skunks, possums and the possible coyote, etc.
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Other than "I want another gun.", why can't your AR be your "walking around gun?
 
If you're talking about gun-in-hand walking, the AR is nowhere near as comfortable in hand for long periods. :)
Denis
 
If you're talking about gun-in-hand walking, the AR is nowhere near as comfortable in hand for long periods.
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Some of us lived with Uncle Sugar's version for long periods ..... I had the full sized sized -a1 and -a2's .... an M-4gery feels like an old friend to my hand.
 
Bamaranger, you're right about the Savage Hog Hunter being heavier than it needs to be. I really question their logic in putting such a stout barrel on it.

Dragunfire - I've got the perfect rifle for you but it isn't going to be cheap. Remington just announced that they are bringing back a shorter version of the Model 7. It will be about the same size as the original model 7 (which is MY walking around rifle with an 18.5" bbl) but will have a lamanated stock.
 
JB,
I carried a 16 (full-sized, not even an A1) just about daily at work for Sam for 4 years.
I repeat my earlier statement. :)

No AR variant fits the hand & carries as naturally as that little 527.
Period! :)
Denis
 
I have a Ruger American Ranch 5.56. It comes with a 16" barrel and 5 round mag. Great little rifle, excellent accuracy but light weight.

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Several of these guns would fit the bill perfectly. I just want another gun, a bolt action rifle I can carry around and not worry about every little branch or bramble I go through.

I was really looking at a few of these rifles, mostly the MVP patrol, the Ruger american ranch and the CZ 527. I was in the city last night and stopped by the gun store/range there to see what they had, just so I could get a feel for them. I am a weak man. First off they only had one rifle in what I was really wanting, the Mossberg MVP Patrol Thunder Ranch edition. I just couldn't stop looking at it and handling it. So now it is sitting in layaway with my name on it. Haha. Now to figure out some optics for it.
 
Good choice.

I had an MVP Patrol (my son still does), good shooting rifle, but I decided I didn't really need the heavy barrel or the AR mag features, so I sold it in favor of the Am. Ranch.

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Those extended mags can poke you in the back if you use a sling, and are generally right at the balance point if you want to carry it in one hand
 
Prefer a front-carry 1-point sling with the M16/AR15,
you can hump it all day long and it still feels like a poodle shooter :rolleyes:
My Army toy of choice was the M60-E3, & could carry it all day with 10 belts & be perfectly happy,
of course, I was built like Lou Ferrigno back then...6'3 & 220# of pure muscle :D

Nowadays I'd probably have to work a bit to hump the 60 & a ruck all day...
but it would be a Good Workout!! HooAh P.T.!! Good for you, good for me!!
Anyone kvetching about a rifle that weighs less than 10# needs to get to the gym fast anyway.
Some joker on another board was complaining about the Extra Added Weight of a gas piston system...
yeah, that .28# really slows ya down, does it sparky?? ;)


Note on 1, 2, & 3 point slings...
1pt, quick transitions but hits you in the nuts if you run with it and don't hold onto the weapon

2pt, simple and works, not as great for transitions

3pt, great for weapon retention, but is like wrestling an octopus because of all the extra webbing
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I think you'll find out right quick that the extended mag & an optic will make the Mossberg awkward to carry in hand & the mag may become an annoyance when slung, as Snyper mentioned.

The wood stock also adds weight.

It's all up to you, but for a general woods-walking carbine, you picked the heaviest & most ungainly. :)
Good luck with it.
Denis
 
If you really really want a bolt action get a bolt action, I would recommend the mvp patrol, buti would go with a semi auto,.

But where do you live? Do they allow you to hunt with semi autos? Cause if you are allowed use semi autos just take out your AR-15.
 
I recently had the same dilemma in reference to finding a rifle for walking and stalking in the thick stuff. I originally wanted a bolt rifle with irons, but ended up buying a Remington 750 carbine in 308 instead.

I haven't shot it yet. I'm hoping there were no Gremlins in the box with it.
 
Some folks haven't noticed that you've made your selection. I've got the MVP Patrol also, but just got it last week and have not tried it yet. It uses AR mags and you already have some of those, so that helps. I picked up a PMAG 10 rounder last weekend. It looks much more substantial than the mag that came with the rifle.

I'm looking forward to trying mine out.
 
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