....and 50 rds of ammo!!!!!!
Note Skeeters caveat that the trail gun would include 50RDS Of AMMO!!!!! And that you would not be aware your were carrying it. That is a tall order if you are walking very far, or aren't as spry as you used to be. Pretty much totally eliminates all the big bores........and that's 3 Glock mags, not counting the one that's in the pistol. I don't take 50 rds of ammo in the woods ever......unless I intend to shoot or "woods plink." Unless.....Skeeter was talking about "on the trail", for more than a couple of hours or a day. Then 50 rds makes more sense. I'd like to see the context of the sentence and the complete article. There may well be a difference between a "trail gun" and and a "woods gun"?
I went for a stroll this afternoon, archery deer scouting. I could legally carry any handgun I wanted, since small game was in, I could have carried a shotgun, or a rimfire rifle as well, even both. I took a Ruger Single 6 in .22 mag and 12 extra rounds of ammo, all on a leather belt rig with a sheath knife. I shot a drink can 1 time on an embankment, then went over and retrieved it along with some other trash I carried out.
When I stopped for gas at dusk at the C-store, I felt a little undergunned should trouble arisen, but not totally naked. I hadn't planned on going to the store, but that darn Bronco is just plain thirsty all the time. I had planned on covering as much ground as possible (not so much these days) and was glad my rig was pretty light. Had I paid more attention to the gage a forehand, I might have carried the B-hawk in .357 with 6 extra rounds in its chest rig, which I did aplenty in years gone by. The b-hawk puts .38 WC(woods) and .357/125 (SD) in the same place, a very useful trait (my M28 does the same thing BTW). But I semi retired both the .357 revolvers for a G20/10mm as a heavy woods pistol.
But............ had I taken the G20, I would not have shot the can!!!!!!!