Good folding/backpacking guns?

[u/Uncle_Ted_1942]

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.

[u/Madman_Matthews]

Lotta good suggestions. Im pretty hard to please when it comes to guns. Here are some that stand out to me:

Expensive:

-Sauer 200/202 (bolt action)

-Howa mini or superlite w/ jtac elf owl (collapsible)*

-Browning Blr Lever action (lever takedown)

-Winchester 1886/1894/1892 (lever takedown)

-German drilling (SXS w/ a rifle underbarrel)

-Thomson centre encore or contender (single shot)

Budget:

-Old SxS shotgun ( get one with takedown lever)

-Win 1897 or model 12 takedown (bang for buck)

-Cva scout takedown (single shot)

*Ive only shot the mini elf owl and factory superlite. The superlite elf owl seems to fix the only problems i had with the elf owl chasis.

I really like the cz 600 trail action, but i hate the chasis/stock. It feels cheap and flimsy. Ugly too imo.

I personally dont understand the appeal of the takedown 10/22. The base version breaks down to a very reasonable size with one action screw.

I trade a lot of guns, the only two I genuinely regret selling are an old sauer 12x12/9.3 drilling and 270 sauer 200. Those two were functional class and would have covered everything i need today.

[u/Iokua_CDN → u/Madman_Matthews]

People really like the Cz Trail with an adaptor and a more rigid stock.  Gunpost had a guy 3d printing an adaptor to sell  instead of having to buy the more expensive British one, if you wanted to bring the cost down. All in all, call it a 200 dollar fix to the gun.

I've also heard some good things about folks  taking heat  shrink to the original stock to take out the wobble. Will try that  as well and eventually post it of it works

[u/Madman_Matthews → u/Iokua_CDN]

Heat shrink fix would be a cheap fix if it works, preferable to an adapter.

It looks like a miniature AI AWP/ASR action to me. I hope the aftermarket will make something similar to the thubhole and folding stocks AI has.

[u/Iokua_CDN → u/Madman_Matthews]

With the fact that the pistol grip fits ar grips, and the fact that you can get a buffer tube adapter, I wonder if you could modify a Hera thumbhole stock  or other ar 15 thumbhole  stock to fit it!