Reeder Custom Guns - I'm gonna have to get used to wearing a gun again. I

went up to the shop today, the first time in months. We have noodle running the shop when Colleen is gone to one of her dog shows. She is in Dallas or near there this weekend at a Jack Russell show. I haven't been to the shop for a year now and it's hard getting used to all the questions and such. I got out of the hospital around a year ago this weekend and it is hard getting back in the swing. Just getting used to carrying a gun again is going to take some time. I must have had a dozen people ask where is my gun.
Just getting used to all the new guns is going to take some time. The showcases were crammed with new guns. The shelves are full of new rifles. Very few new shotguns but lots of hunting rifles. New lever guns from Rossi that look real nice with nice wood stock and forend. They had a nice one back in the late 80s and it looks like they are bring it back. Hammerli is back in the varmint business with a nice little rifle. They are going to have to touch up some rough spots on it.
S&W is back in the 22 Magnum pistol business and Noodle said they are super smooth and go out the door as quick as they come in. Lots of new brands of pistols. Very few new revolvers. New shotguns are scarce but it just isn't the time of year for shotguns.
I am going to try to get up to the shop a couple of times a week but I am just not up to it yet. Three hours today and I was worn out.
I will try to keep you up on the new items as I get to handle one. If any of you have a question about one of the new guns, let me know and I will see what I can do. Colleen is keeping me up on all the new stuff. But just word of mouth is not enough.

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They are K,L, and N frames in stainless and sport lighter tapered barrels with brass bead front sights. I saw .22 Mag, .357, 10mm, and .44. Maybe others. I’d love to hear what you think about them. Still a really nice S&W for $1100-1400 is worth it in these times. Trade off that extra gold Disco necklace and get a nice gun.

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with noodle as soon as they get another one in. Both he and Collen are excited about the new Smith.

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a better backcountry gun?

A S&W Mountain Gun in 44 magnum or a Glock M40 10mm with 220 grain hardcast loads and a red dot sight?

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A 44 is not only larger in diameter, but you can send a heavier 44 downrange too. Caliber and weight are not diminishing variables. A 10mm will never be a 44. And please don’t say you gain capacity with the 10mm. If one were to pin their hopes, dreams and desires on capacity alone, things must be really, really bad.

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10mm or the new 44 Mag Mountain Gun. I am a true fan of the 10mm. When the 10mm Don Johnson version came out I had to have one, so between Kase and I we ended up with almost a dozen of them.
Now I have guys that are also fans of the 10mm and tell me Alaskan guides use and carry them every day in bear country. That's fine. I am happy for them and their surviving relatives. Any yoyo that carries a 10mm in bear country has a loose screw somewhere. I have shot big bears twice with a hot loaded 510 GNR at kissing distance and still have to put in a final shot. Now plain and simple, anyone that carries a 10mm in bear country has a screw loose.
How about a 44 Mag. Well, I love my 44 mags but in bear country I want a cartridge that will put a bear down real quick, before he chews on my tender parts.
A 454 is not one of my favorite calibers but in bear country I will probably have one of my custom 454s not only on me but probably in my hand. A 454 is one of the most disrespectful cartridges around and I truly don't care for one but like I said above in bear country there will be one in my hand and normally a double action revolver like the Redhawk.
Now that I have pissed off all the 10mm freaks all I can say is you only have one life, why play games with it..

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I like the G20, have a custom one myself with a 6” conventional rifled barrel so it will actually shoot cast bullets well. Polygonal bores in 10mm really need about .403” bullets to fit right. A $75 barrel turns any G20 into a custom poor boy G40, performance wise anyway. Factory ammo is sadly low power, barely more than .40 S&W. The custom offerings are an exception. Not quite .41 mag. performance but good penetration and generally reliable.

As you know bears scare me. I’ve been close to wild ones now. Validated my concerns, mucho respect. Guide George was quite sobering. He did not carry a sidearm. Said you only get one shot and he wanted his to be with a .338 Magnum. I had a .510 GNR and a .440 GNR single shot Encore handgun. Felt as armed as I could be. I slept with the .510, carried it outside to pee too! A .454 would be fine with 300 gr. I just have to know it will shoot completely through from any angle. I have two FA .454, do not particularly like to shoot them with full power loads. Unless I have to and I’m scared.

The guys that live around bears say a 12 ga. pump with “good” slugs is about the lightest and most effective package you can honestly tote in bear country. Who am I to argue?!

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