r/canadaguns • u/iKxml • Mar 24 '26

Buy recommendations Best 2 in 1 gun

What’s the best gun for someone who’s looking to have a good animal defence weapon in places like the Yukon and northern BC. But also fun at the firing range. I just did my PAL course recently I still have to wait until I actually can apply for it. But in the meantime I’ve been looking at guns for fun it seems like my best option would be a lever action rifle that’s 30cal or bigger or some kind of pump action shotgun that can shoot slugs.

Thank you

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u/SirKickBan Mar 24 '26

A 45-70 Govt lever-action.

You've got more range than a shotgun, about 200m or so, which can be fun on the range and practical out in the woods, and it's also probably better for animal defence. The ammo is expensive, but it's also one of the easiest (and cheapest, a Lee loader is about $60) rounds to reload yourself, and doing so you can drop the price to about a buck per, which is similar to .308 or .44 magnum.

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u/Bowmann-94 Mar 25 '26

In addition you can load supper light loads and have something to shoot hares and grouse with. Get into casting and powder coating your own bullets and you can get sub $1 rounds pretty easily. Great round and a lot of fun.