I would just buy a Heritage 22 mag and alternate hollow points with 22 mag shot shells. That will take care of any danger you will encounter on a tractor and it won't cost a arm and a leg. Another plus is they are a snap to clean.
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Then just out all the money you save in a nice piece to add to your collection. Win-Win!
If your interested in Bond Arms get on Facebook in the Bond Arms Owners group. Info on them, all the calibers and holster info is their as well. You’ll learn the pros and cons.
I got one but it’s strictly an around the house, range gun, and hiking in my area gun. Not a primary gun for all the tribulations you can encounter. most Bond Arms Owners agree.
I got one but it’s strictly an around the house, range gun, and hiking in my area gun. Not a primary gun for all the tribulations you can encounter. most Bond Arms Owners agree.
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He didn't say he was worried about spiders.
I know many are on board with the semi autos. But the big advantage of a auto-jammer is reloading. Any decent revolver from a reputable manufacturer would fit the bill nicely. Throw it in a flap holster and keep a couple speed strips where you can find them.
If you pull the trigger on a revolver and it goes click, but doesn’t go bang. Pull the trigger again. It’ll go bang without having to remember how to clear a ftf, fte, stovepipe, or any of a dozen things that a revolver will never do.
Remember the FBI report that said 90+% of all shootings take place in less than a dozen feet and use 3 rounds or less.
Don’t overthink it. Any good double action revolver will be fine. Chances are you’ll carry it forever and never use it
If you pull the trigger on a revolver and it goes click, but doesn’t go bang. Pull the trigger again. It’ll go bang without having to remember how to clear a ftf, fte, stovepipe, or any of a dozen things that a revolver will never do.
Remember the FBI report that said 90+% of all shootings take place in less than a dozen feet and use 3 rounds or less.
Don’t overthink it. Any good double action revolver will be fine. Chances are you’ll carry it forever and never use it
A "rough duty" or "knockabout" gun to carry while doing hard, dirty, physical or mechanical work
should be BOTH a gun that's capable of stopping the threat, AND a gun that's small and light enough that you don't mind carrying everywhere, even when crawling under your porch, climbing up a tree, etc.
AND, in my opinion, it should be an inexpensive gun that has no collector's value or sentimental value, and one that you don't mind getting all scratched up.
FINALLY, it should be a gun that you can fully or mostly disassemble for cleaning if you get sand in the action itself-- the inner workings of the gun that are normally hidden.
For me, I don't have ANY gun that I'm comfortable detail-stripping, but can take the sideplate off a S&W revolver and hose-out the junk with some aerosol spray cleaner, then, after drying (I sometimes use a hair dryer for this purpose) to re-lube it before reassembly).
So, the gun I most often use in the role above is a S&W model 637. Alloy-frame, stainless steel cylinder and barrel, .38 spl, +P rated. Mine has Crimson Trace lasergrips, but if I anticipated getting it thoroughly wet, I'd probably keep the standard grips on it, or some other grips that don't have electronics inside.
My "ideal" revolver for open carry during rough and dirty physical work would probably be something like an 8-shot .327 Fed. Magnum, K-frame revolver with a 3.5" barrel, large and colored fixed sights, and the gun's frame would be alloy, and the barrel itself would have a steel bore sleeve and a surrounding lightweight alloy, giving it the correct stiffness and external dimensions / profile.
But nobody makes the gun I've just described, and it sure wouldn't be a low-cost gun like I envision. Not like my S&W 637-- you could pick up one of those brand-new for $375 before COVID.
should be BOTH a gun that's capable of stopping the threat, AND a gun that's small and light enough that you don't mind carrying everywhere, even when crawling under your porch, climbing up a tree, etc.
AND, in my opinion, it should be an inexpensive gun that has no collector's value or sentimental value, and one that you don't mind getting all scratched up.
FINALLY, it should be a gun that you can fully or mostly disassemble for cleaning if you get sand in the action itself-- the inner workings of the gun that are normally hidden.
For me, I don't have ANY gun that I'm comfortable detail-stripping, but can take the sideplate off a S&W revolver and hose-out the junk with some aerosol spray cleaner, then, after drying (I sometimes use a hair dryer for this purpose) to re-lube it before reassembly).
So, the gun I most often use in the role above is a S&W model 637. Alloy-frame, stainless steel cylinder and barrel, .38 spl, +P rated. Mine has Crimson Trace lasergrips, but if I anticipated getting it thoroughly wet, I'd probably keep the standard grips on it, or some other grips that don't have electronics inside.
My "ideal" revolver for open carry during rough and dirty physical work would probably be something like an 8-shot .327 Fed. Magnum, K-frame revolver with a 3.5" barrel, large and colored fixed sights, and the gun's frame would be alloy, and the barrel itself would have a steel bore sleeve and a surrounding lightweight alloy, giving it the correct stiffness and external dimensions / profile.
But nobody makes the gun I've just described, and it sure wouldn't be a low-cost gun like I envision. Not like my S&W 637-- you could pick up one of those brand-new for $375 before COVID.
A friend of mine bought a 3" barreled small-frame Rossi revolver in the late 1980s for only $130.
They're long discontinued and used ones are selling for $350 these days, but if you find one for a reasonable price of maybe $250, I think it would be very good as a dirty / farm work gun.
5 shots of .38 spl is a lot better than two shots of a bigger caliber from a derringer, AND
this one's 3" barrel aids practical accuracy and point-ability.
They're long discontinued and used ones are selling for $350 these days, but if you find one for a reasonable price of maybe $250, I think it would be very good as a dirty / farm work gun.
5 shots of .38 spl is a lot better than two shots of a bigger caliber from a derringer, AND
this one's 3" barrel aids practical accuracy and point-ability.
I would need more than 2 rounds. I have had run-ins with a pack of mongrels and it was a pretty intense situation. 
