Dumped in the Woods--What Knife--What Gun?

this is a very interesting and fun thread to read.... with many good choices and tips.....
I will throw my choices in for fun..... I'll carry my 1st gun I got as a b-day gift in 1978 which is a Savage .22/20 ga model 24 with a fixed 2x compact scope that I can remove quickly,
ammo: 5-.22lr CCI Stingers for the top bbl, and for the lower bbl I'd carry two- slugs, two- 3" #4's, and one-standard upland #6.
My knife would be the Buck #317 because I've found with mine that 2 edges are better than one while in the field.
I would camp in areas that offered a water vantage point where I could take shots of opportunity on small game and mid sized big game if the chance comes within reasonable distance. On a side note, I like the Ruger single-six idea a lot too and could dream about taking my 9.5" version with 10 magnums, or a Browning Buckmark with stingers as it is very accurate and useful, but I chose the combo gun for range and cartridge selection for different settings in the woods.
 
The "Two-Edge" argument is compelling.

Maybe next somebody will be selecting one of these 110/112s (a 110 frame with locking 110 and 112 blades) that I've been seeing.

Gotta admit that the Savage 24 is the most versatile firearm yet picked.

The Buckmark is a great gun, but I wonder if it's a little complex and vulnerable to damage for a trip like this? We know that the Ruger Single-Six is about as tough and reliable as anything one could ever find.

:)
 
I would bring my Weatherby Mark V accumark in 300 Winchester mag. 10 rounds of 180 grain Nosler partitions. I would bring my Buck 124. I would set snares for small game.Set out as many fish hook lines as I could. I would shoot every big game animal I could in the head. Cow Elk, Mule deer or black bears. Smoke the meat. Let the snares and fish lines work while I am resting or hunting. I dam sure would be missing my Ruger single six in 22 mag but we will make it just fine.
 
Buck produced the Combat Smatchet for a short while, but Chuck Buck decided to discontinue this remarkable blade.
 
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Buck 124 seems to be one of the most popular knife ideas for this scenario after the new, but already much beloved--Buck Hoodlum.

The 300 slippies seem to get quite a few mentions, as does the 110, sometimes specified as AG.

I may just have to do a total on all the knives on Monday and figure out a ranking.
 
sigsaur said:
Buck produced the Combat Smatchet for a short while, but Chuck Buck decided to discontinue this remarkable blade.
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Yes, I remember an old thread on that. Apparently the production process was considered unacceptably dangerous for employees.

More of a combat than wilderness knife, it appears.
 
welll this is a gooder thread
a 12 gage mag with differing shells
and a buck selector with all the blades that fit it ;) :D :p
robino .. there might be knives out there that some would chouse other then buck
but i bought my first 110 in 1967 and have never been with out one to this day...
 
My first choice for a knife would be a Buck 112.

You don't really NEED a gun of any kind in the situation described by the OP. You don't NEED a gun to kill insects, lizards, snakes -- all good nutritional chow. Assuming there are fish in the lake and stream, that would be the major food source for me.

Since I don't NEED a gun, I'd opt for a second knife -- a Buck 119 Special or a Buck 102 Woodsman. Most likely the Woodsman. In country like that pictured by the OP, wood/timber of all sizes would be plentiful so no need for a large knife or hatchet.
 
I just saw a YouTube Review of the Christensom Arms Carbon Fibre rifle, I forget the name, maybe Extreme something or other. Real Luke and accurate. I would take it in .300 Win Mag. Hard hitting caliber.
For the knife, biggest and Baddest Buck has to offer, the Hoodlum.
 
Modoc ED said:
My first choice for a knife would be a Buck 112.

You don't really NEED a gun of any kind in the situation described by the OP. You don't NEED a gun to kill insects, lizards, snakes -- all good nutritional chow. Assuming there are fish in the lake and stream, that would be the major food source for me.

Since I don't NEED a gun, I'd opt for a second knife -- a Buck 119 Special or a Buck 102 Woodsman. Most likely the Woodsman. In country like that pictured by the OP, wood/timber of all sizes would be plentiful so no need for a large knife or hatchet.
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If I was doing it that way.......I'd take the 102 and a Hoodlum (just in case I had to cut or kill something really big).

:D
 
Slider817 said:
I just saw a YouTube Review of the Christensom Arms Carbon Fibre rifle, I forget the name, maybe Extreme something or other. Real Luke and accurate. I would take it in .300 Win Mag. Hard hitting caliber.
For the knife, biggest and Baddest Buck has to offer, the Hoodlum.
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Ok......lightweight, but powerful rifle and heavyweight and powerful knife!

Ready for the big stuff!

;)
 
Survive for twenty days? Probably a Ruger 77/22 and a Gransfors Hunting Axe. A Buck 102 would be all the knife I would need to survive.

Interesting scenario and really it would depend on where in the mountains you are and what time of the year. If you are high enough in the dead of winter there will be no fish or game readily accessible. In that case you might consider trading the rifle for a signal gun.
 
I'd have liked to seen this problem restricted to 'that which you currently own'. That would make the discussion more interesting and perhaps reveal weaknesses or shorcomings in an individual's current holdings.

Let's assume I can only pick from what I currently own. The knife part of this problem is a no-brainer. This is a 'failure is not an option' scenario. I'd unhesitatingly pick the Bucklite Max fixed blade in the Boone & Crockett configuration (bright orange handle). Full tang with molded rubber handle and a lanyard hole. Big enough to handle most chores (including batoning), small enough for delicate chores (like filleting a fish). Bright orange handle means less chance of losing it if dropped. A sturdy, solid and incredibly useful knife. It's not sexy and Bear Grylls wouldn't be caught on-camera using one, but never the less a great knife for the task at hand.

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As for the firearm, like so many I'm leaning towards a 12-ga Remington 870 with a mix of slugs (for the big beasties that want to eat me) and shot (for the smaller beasties I want to eat).
 
Survive for twenty days? Probably a Ruger 77/22 and a Gransfors Hunting Axe. A Buck 102 would be all the knife I would need to survive.

Interesting scenario and really it would depend on where in the mountains you are and what time of the year. If you are high enough in the dead of winter there will be no fish or game readily accessible. In that case you might consider trading the rifle for a signal gun.
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Review:

Time is now (late August).

One Buck knife.......no axe unless you want to trade the knife for an axe. There's a river and lake within a few miles and you have a map and compass--terrain may be quite rough--slow going.
 
northingeasting said:
I'd have liked to seen this problem restricted to 'that which you currently own'. That would make the discussion more interesting and perhaps reveal weaknesses or shorcomings in an individual's current holdings.

Let's assume I can only pick from what I currently own. The knife part of this problem is a no-brainer. This is a 'failure is not an option' scenario. I'd unhesitatingly pick the Bucklite Max fixed blade in the Boone & Crockett configuration (bright orange handle). Full tang with molded rubber handle and a lanyard hole. Big enough to handle most chores (including batoning), small enough for delicate chores (like filleting a fish). Bright orange handle means less chance of losing it if dropped. A sturdy, solid and incredibly useful knife. It's not sexy and Bear Grylls wouldn't be caught on-camera using one, but never the less a great knife for the task at hand.

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As for the firearm, like so many I'm leaning towards a 12-ga Remington 870 with a mix of slugs (for the big beasties that want to eat me) and shot (for the smaller beasties I want to eat).
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Good choice of knife.......I hadn't thought of the real-life worth of an orange-handled knife when you're in this situation where you simply CAN'T AFFORD to lose it.
 
I'm really quite fond of those Bucklite Max fixed blades they seem to be very nice for the money also the orange handle could lend itself useful in certain circumstances and the blade profile seems no nonsense and very practical.
 
The easy part is the gun. I'd take a Remington 870 Express Super Magnum (it has a 28" barrel and can handle 3.5" shells) If it is permissible... I would take a few extra chokes, including a rifled choke... If I had the rifled choke I would take sabotted slugs, If extra chokes aren't allowed, I'd take Brenneke Black Magic slugs. Only two slugs either way. I'll add a couple of rounds of buckshot into the mix. Double ought, in at least a 3" shell (we are talking about big game country here). The remaining rounds would be 3 loads of Hevi Shot Duck and 3 loads of Hevi Shot Pheasant.

Actually, the knife is even easier. A Buck Vanguard. I might have to spring for an Alaskan Guide with that fancy steel that everyone seems to like... Not that 420 HC wouldn't get the job done. It's more because this would be the prime oppertunity to tell my wife that I needed a new Vanguard...

My plan to make money? Do I get to choose how much food I bring? No.... Oh well. I would find a nice spot by some water. Spend my days fishing. Hope that some other critters came to get a drink. I should have ammution suitable for about anything worth using one of my ten rounds on. I'll keep a round of Hevi Shot in the Barrel. The magazine will contain my slugs or buck shot, but I'd keep the magazine one short of capacity. That way I could load up another round of small game ammo relatively quickly after a shot, but I would always have the big stuff availible just by cycling the action.

While waiting for the fish to bite I would sit around whittling some traps, more to keep myself entertained than anything else, but who knows, I might bag something. A squirrel wouldn't be enough meat to justify a round of ammo unless I was desperate, but if I could convince it to smash itself under a rock, I wouldn't turn my nose up to an extra pound of meat.

Idealy, there would be a tree big enough to rig up a makeshift tree-stand next to my fishing hole. Close enough that I could get to my lines quickly if one got a fish, but high enough that deer or elk might miss me and wander in for a drink at sunrise or sunset (anytime really, but that is when I tend to see deer moving around the most). It would also be my "retreat" point if the grizzlies showed up. I probably would already be there though. That way, if they wanted to eat me, I could soil myself and still have a few seconds to regain my composure and take my shot.

If I was really lucky a hiker with a few extra rations would happen by and I would buy meals off of him for up to $1000 a piece. If he isn't willing to sell an MRE to someone with a shotgun at that price he is probaly desperate and/or crazy enough that I wouldn't want to cross him.

Hopefully Bigfoot doesn't show up because he claims that I owe him $40.00. I say that if you leave dishes that close to the edge of a table you're asking someone to break them. Anyways, pink didn't really go with his dining room anyway. As I see it I did him a favor.
 
A crossbow with ten bolts would be nice (re-usable ammo) and maybe a buck hoodlum!
If it must be a firearm then something relatively light would be preferable.
Its the ten round limit that makes it complicated.
If you are staying in one area then maybe try to bag a moose so a lightweight scoped bolt-action in an adequate caliber, (30.06) would work.
Good as bear defense as well.
Even though there are things about the Hoodlum knife i'm not crazy about i'd still take it anyway.
Why doesn't Buck make any big knives besides the Hoodlum?
 
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