horse back trip across America, what guns would you take?

Also where do you plan to do all this hunting? Most people aren't going to like some stranger on a horse hunting their property when there's a grocery store down the road.
 
Well, first you are going to need to leave the pistol at home, unless you are absolutely sure you are licensed to carry in the states you will be traveling in.
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Actually checking the state laws is good, I would, but many have laws that allow having a gun in your vehicle while traveling, Texas does. New Mexico says your vehicle is an extension of your home.

The problem becomes judging when you are traveling and when you are hunting.

As for cross country, you really will need to look into your route, access to government/public lands, vs personal property and gaining permission from land owners, etc.
Even if you don't bring a firearm at all you need to plan this carefully. By stock in Google, you going to be a google-mapping son of a gun.
 
Well i actually wouldnt be doing to much hunting but if i did it would be on national forest or blm land since most of my trip will be routed through the rockies and there is a lot of uninhabited land out there.. If i can get a hunting license i will, but i doubt it... and if i was close to a store i wouldnt be hunting.. As far as affording the trip i doubt i will have more than a few thousand dollars,(i know a guy who did it with only 300$ to start With). I plan to work at a few ranches along the way from time to time. I dont have any kids so giving up my current clientel and job as a horse shoer will only effect me. And yes i will be pretty hard up trying to settle somewhere again and restart my buisness with no money. But u only live once and being homeless or poor is nothing new to me... as far as the legality of guns on horse back it is a bit tricky but most of the states im going threw are open carry states and most also recognise a north carolina concealed carry permit.. furthermore if most the guns are unloaded on the pack horse, until i was way out in the bush, i would techinically be transporting them same as if you had them in a u-haul trailer while moving acrossed the country to a new home... at night at least one or two would be in my tent though(-:
 
410/22 over under is tempting.. i used to have one and im confident i could survive forever with it if i still had it. I guess i could state what guns people who have already done a similar trip have taken... Off the top of my head- (jefery spivey) a single action 45 colt and a 44 mag rifle. (Two guys that road from montana to alaska) alls they had was a 12 guage coach gun.lol. (some guy i watched a video on u2b)lol.. alls i saw on him was a 357 mag looked like a smith and wesson..(And a friend of a friend) took an sp101 and a 30-30..... I have read a lot of peoples stories about riding across the US, but most do not mention guns or just state that they have a couple...
 
Also to address the weight issue, yes if you don't have a pack horse weight would be a very important factor i would carry a g2 contender pistol with a 410 barrel and a 22 barrel and then probably a single action 45 ,or perhaps just my sp101, and that's it.... But i am pretty sure i am going to take a pack horse which means i can carry about 80 lbs of grain for my horses and approximately 40 lbs of other stuff ie- larger tent, small fold up wood stove, and guns and ammo. I should still keep it light but i could probably carry 15- 20 lbs of guns and ammo if that helps. I will only go about 20-25 miles a day and i will walk an hour/ ride an hour to be fair to the horses, and also give them at least one day maybe two off a week.
 
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If you intend to enter Canada, you should consider taking you Ruger #1 or perhaps a lever action rifle. A handgun will be a problem at the border...
 
I'd get something in .44 Mag for DAAA bears :D and a lightweight .22 rifle for hunting. I wouldn't want to kill anything mug bigger than a couple rabbits and have to throw it on the horse or let it go to waste.
 
A handgun will get you into more trouble than it will get you out of. I'd definitely go with a levergun, .30-.30 or a .44. Old reliable model 94, affordable and effective.
 
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