Anyone own one?
I may be in the market for a combination gun (I often use one of my fathers but would like my own. cheap junk or functional simplicity? I do not care for looks or esthetics
I think I would like the 20gauge with either a 222,223 or 30-30
if handloaded with spitzertype bullets would 30-30 be a feasible semi-long range hunting round?
how hard could you load it? we have some legislation in Sweden for specs that the rounds needs to be allowed to hunt bigger game (moose, hogs etc)
and I have pigs on my lease so I would be stupid to carry around a 222 or 223 (which don't meet the demands of the law for hogs)
with todays leverution powders and hornadys new bullets 30-30 can be a class 1 calibre (demands are atleast 9 gram bullets and 2700joules impact at 100meters)
is the action of the savage 24 strong enough for that? I don't even need the hornady bullets per say as it is a singel shot
can you handload so that the trajectory is more flatshooting then 30-30 is traditonally?
it would be treetop birdhunting for the record, ranges easily stretch out for that. and/or sometimes you want to take a goose at long range when they don't land in my decoys. or calling fox
, I am not out to "snipe" hogs I just want to be able to get one if I walk up on it
I could go straight for the 12/308 but what is the fun in that? I'd imagine that the 20gauge is considerably lighter to.
I may be in the market for a combination gun (I often use one of my fathers but would like my own. cheap junk or functional simplicity? I do not care for looks or esthetics
I think I would like the 20gauge with either a 222,223 or 30-30
if handloaded with spitzertype bullets would 30-30 be a feasible semi-long range hunting round?
how hard could you load it? we have some legislation in Sweden for specs that the rounds needs to be allowed to hunt bigger game (moose, hogs etc)
and I have pigs on my lease so I would be stupid to carry around a 222 or 223 (which don't meet the demands of the law for hogs)
with todays leverution powders and hornadys new bullets 30-30 can be a class 1 calibre (demands are atleast 9 gram bullets and 2700joules impact at 100meters)
is the action of the savage 24 strong enough for that? I don't even need the hornady bullets per say as it is a singel shot
can you handload so that the trajectory is more flatshooting then 30-30 is traditonally?
it would be treetop birdhunting for the record, ranges easily stretch out for that. and/or sometimes you want to take a goose at long range when they don't land in my decoys. or calling fox
, I am not out to "snipe" hogs I just want to be able to get one if I walk up on it
I could go straight for the 12/308 but what is the fun in that? I'd imagine that the 20gauge is considerably lighter to.