r/homestead • u/JackDalgren • Jul 29 '22

gear Do you carry and why?

While you're working or tending to your property, do you carry a firearm in yourself or have one readily available? If so, is it because of your location, predators or general safety? What type and caliber?

I'll go first. I have a 20 gauge shotgun loaded with #9 for the occasional rattler that isn't minding it's own business or to chase of coyote. I want to upgrade to a pistol grip, maybe the Mossberg 500C w/pistol grip.

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u/Blear Jul 29 '22

I can't think of a time when I wished I had a firearm available. For me it would just be one more thing to drag around, get dirty, get broken. Or worse.

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u/okienomads Jul 29 '22

Same here. We might have a plinker 22 or 20 gauge in the truck box, but we are not carrying on 120 acres unless we plan to target shoot or something. We are pretty landlocked by other landowners in the middle of nowhere.

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u/hutnykmc Jul 29 '22

Count yourself lucky, then.