Chamber one at legal shooting light and empty chamber at end of legal shooting light. Unless I am walking into a baited site for bears or hogs.
Why folks think it's fatally stupid to have an empty chamber in their EDC gun and some seem to think it's fatally stupid to walk around with a rifle...
I just realized that my first reply to this thread was to Laugh react on your first post. I still feel the same way.
What is NOT to love about a round that shoots flatter than, is cheaper than, and has less recoil than, the classis 308 Win?!
If your excuses involve the words "new or Fad" I'd...
ive got a T/C in 35 rem pistol 13" barrel that I'd sell if you are interested. Its been sitting in the safe for nearly a decade waiting on me to get around to the right project and I havent yet gotten there. Now we are opening our own shop and cash is more valuable than a safe-bound gun.
Keep in mind that temperature has nearly nothing to directly do with when bears den up - its food availability or the lack there of. Clay Newcomb's OLD Bear Hunting Magazine podcast has some great resources to learn more about bears, bear biology, and bear hunting. Plus you get to hear the term...
My hunting partner has one. Inside about 5 feet its is accurate enough with birdshot to kill snakes. Any further than that and the Doughnut of Death shows up.
As for shooting 45 LC out of it... Lets just say that it is MAYBE accurate enough to commit self-deletion with if you use all 5 rounds...
I have a very early version of the CA MPR that started out in 300 PRC. Two barrels of 300 PRC later I went with a 6.5 PRC for the 3rd barrel. It shot in the 0.3-0.45" for 3 shots at 100y with both 300 PRC barrels. Haven't shot the 6.5 barrel yet enough to find a load for it.
My two elk hunting...