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Ditto, I'll take my chances with a good auto.
A Glock 19 (9mm) for me, and a S&W 422 (.22) for her.
The 422 doesn't have stopping power, but will get off a clip full in mere seconds and since there's no recoil, it's a tight group even in her hands and I figure 12 LR hollow point .22's will put a dent in the enthusiasm of most things.
If nothing else it would give us 12 shots at dinner, literally!
Best of luck.
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Murf: I didn't think they let you walk around in Canada with a pistol even in the remote North.I thought most of your gun rights had be taken away.
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For the most part you're right, but we both travel a lot, and the restrictions don't apply to all, if you have the right (shiny metallic usually  ) credentials you can still carry no problem.
I was warned about the jamming possibility when I purchased it, but was also told that quality rounds and keeping it clean would virtually eliminate the problem. Since neither one of those items are issues with me I've never had a problem with it. I've got 2 422's, the first one I bought has a laser sight on it, and probably has (without exaggeration) 10,000 rounds through it without a single jam yet.
I had one fella at the gun club tell her she might as well carry pepper spray as "that pea shooter". She put all 12 into a 6" circle at 50' almost as fast as she could squeeze the trigger then she turned to him and told him she didn't think pepper spray would be that accurate or effective from 50'. He didn't say word, he just walked away grinning.
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Strangely enough my problems have not when hiking, but flying!
I like to fly into remote lakes a few miles back off the beaten path just north of here, I can be on a lake which is a couple of days by canoe from the nearest road and be back home in time for lunch if nothing is biting.
Problem is, the guys growing dope up there, it's rampant because they're cracking down on the 'grow ops' and want to be just out past air patrols, nosy neighbours, and such.
One more than one occasion I spotted a camouflaged camp on shore only as I did my final 'low & over' before landing and hastily decided to look for a new spot.
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I mentioned earlier about problems on fly in fishing trips.
On one such trip I was approached (out on the lake) by 3 guys in a canoe, they were not dressed like, and did not look like typical campers or canoe trippers.
When they got close one of them asked if I was a cop, I said no, he then asked why I was wearing a gun, I replied that it was in case of an emergency.
They wished me good luck fishing and paddled away. I doubt that was their original intention.
I had another (though VERY different) incident a few years back where I had briefly parked my truck with the windows down and went in to a store for a moment. On the dash & console were several items that should not have been left so visible, namely a GPS unit & a cell phone. My pooch 'Deputy Dog' was also riding shotgun.
When I came out of the truck there was a man trying to offer assistance to an obviously injured young man, he was bleeding pretty good from his right arm. He was claiming my dog had 'attacked' him as he went by. I was a little nervous until I got into the truck to check that the dog was OK.
I spotted several drops of blood on the console, dash and drivers seat.
When the Police arrived (I called them) the young man explained that he was walking past and the dog lunged out at him. I showed the cop the blood drops in the truck.
Neither I nor the dog were in any trouble, the young lad was 'known to police' already.
Bottom line, a careless moment would have cost me a thousand bucks or so, maybe the whole truck had the dog not been there.
It's like buying lottery tickets, you never know.
Best of luck.
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