r/canadaguns • u/Uncle_Ted_1942 • Jun 01 '26

Buy recommendations Good folding/backpacking guns?

I like spending time in the forest and I work (well, I would work, if there wasn’t a recent huge budget cut) in the forestry industry. With that in mind, I always considered getting a nice compact gun to stow away in my pack for peace of mind, ease of carrying, and maybe some spontaneous hunting.

I know of the Chippa Little/Double Badger, as well as the Mossberg Shockwave, Savage 24 and 42, and various other Turkish sloppers, but I was curious if there were any other options any of you would recommend?

New, used, antique, doesn’t matter much, just something nice that folds up compactly, but ideally stays in one piece. I have an old takedown Remington Model 10, but it breaks down into two pieces and takes a few minutes to put together which I find less convenient.

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u/Iokua_CDN Jun 01 '26

There currently is a folding semi auto shotgun for sale by Tactical Imports.  FS Pro shotgun. Lifetime warranty on it, I'm tempted for one. 18.5 inch barrel but folds down to 26 inches

Otherwise there is a folding pump action that's even smaller.

Any 14 inch shotgun with a folding stock is going to be pretty compact.

I'm a big fan of those slightly silly 410 revolver shotguns.  Some of them get REALLY compact. You could get the new ones that also shoot 45 caliber bullets, but my plain old 410 only one is fine by me. Not as much firepower as a 12ga of course.

For a bolt action, I'll say CZ 600 trail. Very compact,  and the full rail is easy to add iron  sights too or a red dot or lpvo.  I have a small lpvo on mine now, but used to have irons and a red dot, and before that just had irons.  With irons only, it's an amazingly compact rifle. 

Otherwise, have you ever watched DemonstratedConcepts on YouTube?  Years ago, he was big into shooting stockless rifles and shotguns, and his methods make the Shockwaves and mare legs look a lot more useful. His channel is horribly disorganized though. Let me know if you are interested and I can  weed through his videos and try to find the good ones explaining how to do it.  Using his methods would make a lot of stockless guns more useful to you.