![]() ![]() You will want to keep your wraps even and tight together.Ī second trick involves using a wrapping technique commonly employed in whipping the ends of rope with small cord, and this is how you can avoid entirely the use of bulky knots that eventually unravel, while also maintaining a more permanent and tighter wrap. The task of wrapping a rifle stock with cord can be tricky, but I’ve learned a few little tricks that make this process easier and more successful.įirst, it is much easier when attempting to tightly wrap any tapered object with cord to start the process from the smaller diameter end of the thing and progress toward the larger portion, because the windings of cord have a tendency to slide apart while wrapping them on a body tapering downward. When I visit the woods I invariably end up using the cord in shelter building or tent raising, tying down the gear, repairing items, hanging supplies from tree branches, replacing boot laces, etc. If there is one type of product more generally utilitarian to a wilderness survivor than cordage, I am not aware of it. Next, I wrapped the entire buttstock of the carbine with several sizes of utility/survival cord. A tiny pocket made from leather scrap was stitched to the sling to house the key-shaped screwdriver for the butt plate. After screwing the plate back on, I decided to sew a tiny pocket to the gun’s sling for stowing a short key-shaped screwdriver with the gun that fits the screws used to hold butt plate to the stock. I avoided the temptation to drill a larger hole that would house more gear, being careful to avoid compromising the stock’s structural integrity. I began my project by removing the butt plate and drilling a 5/8” diameter hole into the wooden stock, just deep enough to hold a few wooden matches, a hobby knife blade, some sewing needles with a length of thread, a cotton ball (for emergency fire starting tinder), and some fish hooks. No doubt readers will think of other viable or possibly even more suitable carbine designs for their purposes, but whether we opt for a lever-action, semi-auto, pump-action, single-shot, or bolt-action, I think the general idea of a survival carbine would be basically the same. Additionally, there are at least a few other lever-action rifles and carbines chambered for 44 Magnum currently available from other gun makers. 357 Magnum, and I believe one in that chambering would also be an excellent choice for this purpose. By the way, this same model was also offered in. The used ones I’ve seen lately have been priced considerably higher. Plate removed, showing small cavity in butt of stock for housing small survival gear. I purchased mine new in 2002 when they were still in production, and I paid around $300.00 for it at that time. I am aware that this particular variation of the Model 94 is no longer manufactured by Winchester, but I still frequently see plenty of used ones offered for sale. If some beast were to suddenly burst into my camp in the middle of the night and threaten my being or the safety of anyone else in the camp, I believe I would feel fairly secure having nine or ten fast rounds of 44 Magnum at my disposal to answer the threat with. Mr. prepper lever plus#My little carbine holds nine loaded rounds in its magazine tube, plus one in the chamber.įor me, this is the perfect sit-around-the-campfire kind of gun. The 44 Magnum has been used since its introduction in the mid-1950’s to successfully hunt every species of North American big game if my information is correct. I like this gun for this particular purpose because it’s a fast-handing repeating lever-action of a conveniently short and handy size, and its cartridge is not only interchangeable with my favorite revolver but is also quite versatile. I chose to make my own such survival kit out of a Winchester Model 94 “Trapper” carbine with a legally minimum 16-inch barrel, chambered for 44 Remington Magnum (an earlier glimpse of this same project is featured in my book, Arming for the Apocalypse. Mr. prepper lever portable#With such a weapon you’d have rifle-like accuracy and power in a comparatively compact, portable platform, and for this reason, I believe the carbine lends itself well as the basis for an emergency survival or bug out kit. For a lot of potential wilderness survival emergencies, a lever-action carbine of one variation or another chambered for a versatile hunting/defense cartridge seems especially practical in my view. ![]()
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