shotgun question

[nemoaz]

I could find and working on a carry system that would allow to carry the gun in two pieces, which will reduce the overall packing length.

I don't think you can do that. The headspace will need to be checked everytime you remove the barrel on one of those from what I've read. (I had an HR years ago but I was only a teenaged lad.)

This is an interesting option. http://www.hr1871.com/Firearms/Shotguns/tamer.aspx 20" barrel instead of 18, but that's not much to deal with.

RR, I still think a 20g pump youth is the best model for you (given your preferences stated in the other theread) because the barrel is easily removed giving you two pieces that would easily store in a large pack. Mossberg youth is only 5 1/4 lbs.

 

[Codger_64]

I kind of like the 45 LC/410 option. But do you really feel secure with a single shot?

Practice, practice, practice. My favorite 20 is a bolt gun. With two in the clip and one up the pipe, I can fire five rounds as quickly and accurately as a lot of folks with a pump and many with an autoloader.

"Who was that shooting on that side of the thicket?"
"That was Codger."
"Naw, he shoots an old bolt gun. That was an auto!"
"Nope, that was Codger's bolt gun."
"Reckon he got the deer?"
"You heard him shoot, didn't you? Let's go help him drag it out."

I am a bit slower with the old Harrington and Richardson, but not by much. And yes, the barrel pops off and on. Headspace checks on a scattergun? Nah. Reattaches true every time. Might be so on the Handi-rifle though.

Codger