It will be tough to find a US made over under less than about $1500. Ruger Red labels can be had but they are getting hard to find at anything less than that.
Any of the US made knives are good. If you read the old hunting and camping books the Ideal model was pretty much the gold standard for fixed blades for the first half of the last century. The Expert model is also very nice but harder to find. There is not a lot of information about the steel...
Try Outback Guns in New Albany, IN their number is 812-945-0480. These guys have an amazing inventory of parts for out of production Remington .22 rifles.
Last week at the Peru auction coons went anywhere from $5 for grease XL's to about $15 for nice dried XXXL's. Coyote from $10 to a high of about $20. Rats $8 to $12 depending on size Beaver $10 to $20 and Mink $12 to $20. All in all prices where pretty good. Seemed like there were more buyers...
I lived in Eastern North Carolina for several years and ended up using a Number 3 ruger in 45-70 to deer hunt with there. Making a BIG hole = not having ot try and track through a neck deep swamp full of anything and everything that wants to bit you. That was one of the best shooting rifles I...
A lot of these old books were reprinted a few years back. They were publised by St Martins Press and are called the Peter Capstick Library I think these are still pretty easy to find and reasionable to purchase. You can also still buy copies of Jim Corbetts books about hunting maneating tigers...