Been a long while since I've been able to get out anywhere but today was the day that I decided to make it happen.
drove along the sea to sky heading towards squamish to explore a new area that i hadn't been to before.
some photos from the drive.
drove in as far as we could before stopping for lunch.
tools of the trade for the day
brought along my bark river canadian camp knife II, my custom buck 110 (koa, nickle and s30v), my gransfors bruks scandanavian forest axe and my new winchester 1892 take down in 44 mag.
i brought a variety of loads to play with for my new rifle and wanted to see each one shot through it.
left to right = PMC 180gr, S&B 240gr, Fiocchi 240gr, Hornday 225gr ftx, Hornady 300gr xtp, custom loaded 300gr hard cast round in +P with starline brass.
out of all the rounds, the hornady 225gr ftx felt like it did a number on the targets i hit.
this can was hit with the 225gr ftx and didnt even move
the other cans that were hit with the 300gr stuff simply disintegrated.
onto the rifle
the rifle itself is quite nice. its a winchester 1892 take down model chambered in .44 rem mag
it has a 7+1 capacity and cycled rounds with ease.
there is a tang mounted manual safety which is quite easy to manipulate and doesnt bother me at all. i own the chiappa 1892 alaskan in .44 mag with the 20" barrel as well which has no safety and i didnt feel like the winchesters safety negatively impacted the rifle.
the barrel length of the rifle is 16" and feel extremely handy and light. my one gripe with the rifle is the sights and i'll be replacing the buckhorn rear sights with a set of skinner apeture sights like the ones on my chiappa 1892 alaskan.
this will be my backpacking/truck gun for when i'm out in the woods for a few reasons. its handy, lights, breaks down into a small package and can pack a wallop especially with the 300gr hardcast +P stuff. i'm confident that if i were to encounter any aggressive animal whether they be coyotes, cougars or black bears i'd be able to take them down with the .44 mag.
all in all a good day. nice to be out and about.
thanks for looking
