What's on your hip when out prospecting?

[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

' What's on your hip when out prospecting? '


Well on the one side it is a big dark hairy mole that just won't quit. On the other it is the waistband of my fruit of the looms that always rides up there. The Dr says neither of these situations is going to change any time soon without serious surgery.

A rather personal question you ask.

 

[jose159]

I'm either carrying a Ruger Sr 40 (compact) or a Dan Wesson CCO 45. while metal detecting. I carry about 50% of the time depending where I'm at.

 

[autofull]

well/ smith 642. got a few.

 

[Tesorodeoro]

Been prospecting for 70+ years, I never carried. You will only get hit once and you won't see it or hear it coming.

- Geowizard

That work for a brown bear relaxing with cubs around the backside of the next bush?

 

[Digger54]

I don't carry, I always make sure I go with someone who runs slower than me.

 

[Retired Sarge]

I don't carry, I always make sure I go with someone who runs slower than me.

Well then, that would be me, as I don't run anymore. So you wouldn't have to run fast, hell you could just walk away briskly.

 

[Tesorodeoro]

With the crazies already hatching a plan to reintroduce grizzly bears to Oregon, Washington, and California, I contemplating a new purchase. I see The 10.mm Auto is what slot of people are promoting, but that’s pretty much a .357 Mag. which from what I’ve read is marginal for these beasts when they are committed to eating your guts.

I’m thinking a Ruger double action in .44 Mag. W / 4” barrel. Limited reading says that’s the number 1 caliber used and it is 98% successful or close to that in stopped bear attacks. But not necessarily for general detecting. .38 Special +P snubby works for me. Something I’ll actually have and not really notice.

 

[Retired Sarge]

With the crazies already hatching a plan to reintroduce grizzly bears to Oregon, Washington, and California, I contemplating a new purchase. I see The 10.mm Auto is what slot of people are promoting, but that’s pretty much a .357 Mag. which from what I’ve read is marginal for these beasts when they are committed to eating your guts.

I’m thinking a Ruger double action in .44 Mag. W / 4” barrel. Limited reading says that’s the number 1 caliber used and it is 98% successful or close to that in stopped bear attacks. But not necessarily for general detecting. .38 Special +P snubby works for me. Something I’ll actually have and not really notice.

Here's the 44 Magnum I toted. A 1970s JP Sauer & Sohn Western Marshal, my dad bought while we were stationed at Mountain Home AFB Idaho (75-77).

 

[Tesorodeoro]

Here's the 44 Magnum I toted. A 1970s JP Sauer & Sohn Western Marshal, my dad bought while we were stationed at Mountain Home AFB Idaho (75-77).

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Very nice Sarge. Thanks for sharing. I have a particular fascination for a single action colt style revolver as well. Not sure how prone that design is to shooting loose under Mag. loads.
I like to shoot not just carry.

 

[Tesorodeoro]

I really like that single action. The idiot box says they hold up well to heavy loads. 5” barrel? A 1976 model might be on the C&R list?

 

[Retired Sarge]

Very nice Sarge. Thanks for sharing. I have a particular fascination for a single action colt style revolver as well. Not sure how prone that design is to shooting loose under Mag. loads.
I like to shoot not just carry.

This particular one, the screw for the loading gate tends to loosen up. So it gets adjusted after every outing. Thing is, if you tighten it down nice and snug the gate won't close all the way. So it can only be tightened so much. Next time I mess with it, I'm going to loctite the screw in and be done with that game. Other than that she is stout and takes the loads very well. Another picture of it with my 1972 S&W 15-3 (38 SPCL)

 

[Tesorodeoro]

Good taste. I buy new stuff too, but it’s the older stuff that gets me excited. A few freckles or silver carry wear doesn’t bother me in the least. Doesn’t look like there are any freckles on those.

 

[Digger54]

Well then, that would be me, as I don't run anymore. So you wouldn't have to run fast, hell you could just walk away briskly.

I'm right there beside you. The only thing that runs on me now is my nose. I ever hit a hornets nest i will briskly walk away while taking it like a man.

 

[Retired Sarge]

Good taste. I buy new stuff too, but it’s the older stuff that gets me excited. A few freckles or silver carry wear doesn’t bother me in the least. Doesn’t look like there are any freckles on those.

Here you go, just the revolvers in the house. There is a total of 64 weapons and one parts kit stashed away here.

1933 Tula M1895 Nagant.
1972 Smith $ Wesson M15-3.
1970s JP Sauer & Sohn Western Marshal.
1979 Armi San Marco copy of something.

 

[autofull]

Well then, that would be me, as I don't run anymore. So you wouldn't have to run fast, hell you could just walk away briskly.

THAT IS WHY I CARRY.

 

[autofull]

Here you go, just the revolvers in the house. There is a total of 64 weapons and one parts kit stashed away here.

1933 Tula M1895 Nagant.
1972 Smith $ Wesson M15-3.
1970s JP Sauer & Sohn Western Marshal.
1979 Armi San Marco copy of something.

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i love the smith 38.

 

[autofull]

That work for a brown bear relaxing with cubs around the backside of the next bush?

nope/ thats why i have bear spray and it works/ believe me it works.

 

[geowizard]

Never had to use Bear Spray. Never had to run.

64 weapons? Got ammo? Where's my GD 38 mag? Where the H E L L 's my GD 38 mag ammo? Just a second... Flash!

- Geowizard

 

[Retired Sarge]

Never had to use Bear Spray. Never had to run.

64 weapons? Got ammo? Where's my GD 38 mag? Where the H E L L 's my GD 38 mag ammo? Just a second... Flash!

- Geowizard

Firearm calibers in the collection, there is 3 or 4 I don't have ammo for.

7.62X38
7.62X54
7.62X25 Tokarev
7.62X39
7.62X51 NATO
7.7X58 Japanese
7mm Mauser
7.5x54 French
8mm Mauser
8mm (8X56R) Mannlicher
303 British
5.56
223
9mm
380
12 Gauge
44 Magnum
44 Special
36 Ball
22 Long Rifle
22 Long
22 Short
30-06
6.5X50 Japanese
577 Snider-Enfield
10.4X38 Swiss
43 Egyptian (11.43X50R)
6.5X52 Carcano
38 SP
32 ACP
308
9mm Makarov
7.5X53.5 Swiss
8X50 Siamese
30-30
22-250
270

All the firearms in the collection, commercial and military surplus.

Pistols:

1933 Tula Nagant M1895
1953 Ceskoslovenska Zbrojovka BRNO CZ-52
1956 Shenyang's Factory 66 Type 54 Tokarev
1961 Ernst-Thälmann-Werk Pistole-Makarov
197? Crvena Zastava M70
1972 Smith & Wesson 15-3 (K38)
197? JP Sauer & Sohn/Hawes Western Marshal (Father's gun)
1979 Armi San Marco Colt 1851 Navy
1989 Ceská Zbrojovka CZ-82
1990 Ceská Zbrojovka CZ-82
1991 Ceská Zbrojovka CZ-83
1991 Ceská Zbrojovka CZ-83
2002 Ceská Zbrojovka CZ-83
2013 Taurus PT 111 Millennium G2
2013 SCCY CPX-1 CB
2013 SCCY CPX-1 TT
2021 Taurus G2c
2024 Beretta M9 Commercial

Long Guns:

1863 Snider Enfield P1853 Mk II**
1874-1876 Remington Egyptian M1868 No 1 Rolling Block
1879 Waffen Fabrik Bern Vetterli M1869/71
1890 Danzig Commission Rifle M1888
1892 Waffen Fabrik Bern Schmidt-Rubin M1889
1894/1927 Izhevsk/Tikkakoski Mosin Nagant M1891
1894-1896 Oviedo Mauser M1893
1896 Terni Carcano M1891
1903 Koishikawa Arsenal RS121Type 46
1914 Koishikawa Arsenal Type 38 Arisaka
1915-1917/1924-1927 Remington Böhler Stahl Mosin Nagant M1891/24
1917 Tula Mosin Nagant M1891
1918/1932 Steyr Mannlicher M1895/30
1918 Eddystone M1917 Enfield
1920-1926 Oviedo Mauser M1893/1916
1926-1928 Fabrique Nationale d'armes de Guerre M1924/47
1928-1930 Ceskoslovenska Zbrojovka VZ-24 1929-1941 Kragujevac Arsenal M1924/47
1932 Izhevsk Mosin Nagant M1891/30
1939 Tula Mosin Nagant M1891/30
1940-1956 Iver Johnson Arms & Cycle Works Champion (GGF's gun)
1942 K. Kale Mauser M1938
1942 Izhevsk Mosin Nagant M1891/30
1943 Remington M1903-A3
1943 Springfield Armory Garand M1
1943 Izhevsk Mosin Nagant M1891/30
1943 BSA Shirley M47 Enfield No. 4 Mk 1
1944 Nagoya Arsenal Type 99 Arisaka
1944 Waffen Werke Brunn K98k Mauser
1947 Izhevsk Mosin Nagant M1944
1948-1949 Manufacture d'armes de Saint Etienne MAS-1936
1948-1952 Kragujevac Arsenal M1948 Mauser
1954 Romanian Cugir arsenal Mosin Nagant M1944
1955 Chongquing Arsenal Type 53
1956 Jianshe Arsenal Sino-Soviet SKS M56
1973 Marlin Original Golden-39M (Father's gun)
1973 Winchester Model 94 Antique (Father's gun)
1973 Parker Hale Model 1100/1200 (Father's gun)
1975 Remington 1100 (Father's gun)
1995 Winchester Model 79 SA (Father's gun)
2015 Mossberg Int'l 702 Plinkster
2016 Bushmaster XM15-E2S (Faux M16A2/645)
2017 JSS AR15 (Faux M4)
2018 Cugir Arms Factory WASR 10 AKM
2021 PSA PA15 (Faux M16/604)
2024 PTR/FMP H&K G2 M963


Parts Kits:
197?/200? CETME C M58

 

[ToddsPoint]

Smith & Wesson 629. I ordered this one as soon as I heard they had come out. Back in the 80s I think. It was one of the first ones made with the recessed cylinder. They dropped that feature right away. It’s a beast with full factory loads. I reload 44 magnums and tone them down to 44 Special speed. Much more pleasant to shoot.