12 April 2014, 08:47
Mort your reasoning makes good sense, and yes I have shotgun's with a slug mould(just the mould,no loaded cartridges) , so I have the larger deer covered(not legal at this time and I wouldn't dream of taking a deer this way right now) so my first buy will be a .22lr purely because it's the most effective rifle to hunt with here, most of our quarry that will be the most abundant here can be taken with a .22lr given good shot placement(squirrel's,rabbit's,pigeon's,dog's,deer even...though unless I was really desperate I wouldn't try for a big red)ammo is exceedingly cheap/light and compact and it will do for defense...not great but it will do.....second gun will be a centerfire pistol calibre carbine(probably the Marlin in .38/357) and third will be a centre fire high velocity carbine/scout gun probably the cz527(not sure now wether .223 or 7.63x39)....aim to have these 3 within a year.
Nothing is fool proof for a sufficiently talented fool!!!!