Carry A Handgun?

beuckie, post: 454499, member: 2245 wrote: As a European i find this interesting. Where i can understand carrying a gun where there are bears and so fine by me but in other areas?

We carry tripods, prism poles, heavy cases, hammers,... just hit them with that would be sufficient i think.

Two legged critters are much more dangerous than the 4 legged critters.

Kris Morgan, post: 454525, member: 29 wrote: Two legged critters are much more dangerous than the 4 legged critters.

Bigfoot????

SPMPLS, post: 454526, member: 11785 wrote: Bigfoot????

Smallbrain

Skeeter1996, post: 454483, member: 9224 wrote: Partner of mine Don use to carry a 44 mag pistol in a shoulder holster everyday on the job. We we're constantly in prime grizzly bear country, but Surveyors are notoriously noisy and stinky so we never did run into a bear closer than a ridge or two away. One day we we're out ahead of the crew clearing line. We had to cross a small stream maybe 5 or 6 feet wide. We pitched the saws across the stream and took a run at the stream and did a flying leap across the stream. When Don landed on the other side of the stream the 44 mag flew out of the holster and when it hit the ground in front of us, it discharged hitting Don squarely in the chest right above his heart. I thought he was going to die and he thought he was going to die. Two of us raced him into town with him in the backseat of the carryall. He was strangely quiet the whole trip to town. I learned two things that day. 1. Never have a pistol on the job. And 2. A 44 mag will not kill a man with one shot no matter where you shoot him.

That has to be the most random, unlikely thing to ever happen.
Don was a VERY unlucky & lucky fellow nearly simultaneously if that's possible.
Anytime a person carries a single action firearm (any sidearm for that matter), certain precautions must be taken (which obviously were not followed in your friend's incident).

• Every handgun should have quality holster made for the specific brand/model. It should be tight fitting and require some effort to unholster, even when unsnapped. The strap should wrap around behind the hammer and feature a quality button snap. The holster must shield the trigger.

• If it's a single action and the gun features a half cock safety, it should be used. Otherwise there should not be a loaded round under the hammer.

Many people I know, will not even carry a modern double action revolver with a round under the hammer.

Even the smallest caliber is potentially lethal with a single shot. I have heard of people dying in the woods from a branch stuck in the thigh.

imaudigger, post: 454531, member: 7286 wrote: Many people I know, will not even carry a modern double action revolver with a round under the hammer.

That would include myself.
Almost never carry any type of weapon with a round chambered. Accidents happen and are nearly all are preventable.

My single action has 5 rounds in it. The hammer rests over a dead cylinder during carry. My semi-auto is carried without a round in the chamber. If I find myself in a position where those habits get me hurt I've made a series of poor choices to get there.

I never did, even though there were plenty of gators around. The only time I wished I had one was when I walked up on a huge python sunning itself on my cut line through a swamp.

The entire crew carried sidearms in the field when I worked for the USFS in Central Idaho, but not for the reasons listed above. Coyote pelts were valuable and back then they were considered vermin, no hunting license and no reporting. High capacity small caliber semi-autos were popular (9mm for me). It's quite the carnival when five people unload 50 rounds at a coyote 40+ yards away and running fast. Looking back, I'm surprised no one was shot.

Randy Hambright, post: 454502, member: 171 wrote: Yes and all of us are cc licensed.

what's a cc license? I have a ltc (license to carry), but I don't know what a cc license is? Carry Concealed?

Glock 43. First round is snake shot (Kris Morgan found it for me when I couldn't find it in stock locally) and the next 6 rounds are Federal HST 147gr. +P for the two legged snakes.

Andy Nold, post: 454551, member: 7 wrote: Glock 43. First round is snake shot (Kris Morgan found it for me when I couldn't find it in stock locally) and the next 6 rounds are Federal HST 147gr. +P for the two legged snakes.

I would be surprised if snake shot would cycle the action. Have you tested it?

Mike Marks, post: 454540, member: 1108 wrote: The entire crew carried sidearms in the field when I worked for the USFS in Central Idaho, but not for the reasons listed above. Coyote pelts were valuable and back then they were considered vermin, no hunting license and no reporting. High capacity small caliber semi-autos were popular (9mm for me). It's quite the carnival when five people unload 50 rounds at a coyote 40+ yards away and running fast. Looking back, I'm surprised no one was shot.

Only Law Enforcement or specially trained bear people up in Alaska are allowed to carry firearms in the USFS. That must have happened a long long time ago, because you would be terminated quite quickly now days. It was even hard to be allowed to have bear spray.

Only when i was in Vietnam... or down town Rochester 🙂

imaudigger, post: 454553, member: 7286 wrote: I would be surprised if snake shot would cycle the action. Have you tested it?

Yes. it works fine.

I always carry a shotgun in bush Alaska...its a pain in the arse but better than the alternative.
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imaudigger, post: 454553, member: 7286 wrote: I would be surprised if snake shot would cycle the action. Have you tested it?

It cycles quite well. 🙂

Weapons strictly prohibited on company property, in company vehicles, and by almost all of our clients. I was never crazy about the idea of being down in South Texas or certain areas of Houston in a truck with $100K+ of gear and no protection. Still not.

Kris Morgan, post: 454575, member: 29 wrote: It cycles quite well. 🙂

I'll have to try some in my Glock 36. That is probably the only way I'd hit a snake with that
trigger.

I carry a Long Colt 45 revolver.

BStrand, post: 454472, member: 13049 wrote: Maybe kind of an odd question but do any of you guys carry some sort of weapon with you when you're working?

A handful of times now I've been working alone in remote mountainous areas and I'll hear some animal crashing around in the woods. So far it's only been deer but it still makes me a little nervous because I'm pretty sure Idaho is home to several things that have no problem killing humans.

Anyway, I'm trying to get an idea if it's wise to pick up a handgun to take with me in these situations, or will it just be another thing to lug around that mostly only makes people nervous?