......as well as a 50 cal Thompson muzzleloader (not percussion)
Thanks for the feedback.
I'm not anxious to trade or sell anything but considered it a way to diversify within a budget.
My dad got the 32 for either $5 or $10 from a local guy who put it up for collateral for a loan until next Friday. He never came back to claim it.
It became my deer rifle when I was old enough to hunt.
For some reason, I took dad's 30-30 and this 32 was never shot too much.
I would be hard pressed to count how many deer the 30-30 took.
I do remember coming home from school one day and asked where my dad was.
Mom told me he was hunting.
As I was going back to join him, I heard a lot of shots.
Found dad and a stack of deer
It is a flintlock, AlanS. When I got it, percussion wasn't permitted for hunting in Pa
I'm not anxious to trade any. Just looking at ways to expand things to a little bit more useful if SHTF
I have been going around on some of the points you made, Libertas.
What do you think about about something like the Taurus in maybe a 9mm for it's smallness and a Hi Point 40 for creating a commotion?
Also, on another forum, someone suggested getting an 18" barrel for the Mossberg.
Cabelas has them for $99.
They say "cylinder bore". Not sure what that is
That seems like something that makes sense.
If I hadn't lost it in the boating accident
I am thinking the Taurus you looked at was probably something like the 740 slim, in .40 it is a potent round and I've shot my brothers at the range...
Tell Gunsmith thanks for me
http://www.cabelas.com/barrels-chokes-mossberg-replacement-shotgun-barrels-1.shtml (http://www.cabelas.com/barrels-chokes-mossberg-replacement-shotgun-barrels-1.shtml)
It's the top one on the chart 1/2 way down the page
Item number: IK - 212148
Ahhh, I wondered what the scope mount was doing on there
Looked some other places and the 18" barrels were a lot more
I have a 30" barrel full choke.
Heavier than Hades
It was suggested, and it seemed to make sense to me, that this would make a good home defense gun.
Isn't "cylinder bore" a "no choke" IOW the largest exit bore diameter.
Isn't "cylinder bore" a "no choke" IOW the largest exit bore diameter.
Alan, that's a nice looking pistol. They say it's a double action trigger but it looks like an automatic.
And Libertas, continuing the lesson; one doesn't want to shoot shot out of a slug barrel, may one shoot slugs from a shot barrel or must one have a specific barrel for each purpose?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNTyCcip-ks&list=UUvB3solmhqtgDeLpD-yTtfg&index=430 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNTyCcip-ks&list=UUvB3solmhqtgDeLpD-yTtfg&index=430)