Just for discussion.... when I go out looking at guns, here are some rules I follow.
1: No COM BLOC weapons, This is 100% non negotiable. We are AMERICANS, Commie AKs make me puke!
2: No pic rails. There are a few reasons for this. A it encourages hanging useless crap all over the rifle. I am not opposed to attaching things to the rifle. But it needs to attach some other way then a pic rail. Keeps the rifle sleek and light. The rails themselves add weight to the firearm... Why add the weight of the rail AND the rings, when I can get an all in one mount for a 30mm optic.
3: No QD sling mounts, I want two permanently attached 1 1/4 inch sling swivels on the bottom of the rifle or shotgun. This one isn't 100% set in stone if it's got some other GI way to attach a GI sling (such as the M1 carbine) or if it's a pistol.. I can put up with Commercial style studs however. But permanent sling swivels are the best.
4: Must have iron sights permanently attached. Also not 100% set in stone, if it's a precision bolt gun with a scope, no iron sights is all right.
5: Bayonet Lug with bayonet.. Again if it's a precision bolt gun or a pistol.. not needed.
6: Pistols and or revolvers MUST have a Lanyard loop. One of the most overlooked things in my opinion. It is WAY to easy to loose a pistol in your hand when you fall. Lanyard prevents this.
7: My calibers, All NATO calibers, plus 45ACP, 12 gauge, 30 carbine, and 30-06.
8: Speaking of ammo. I love specialty rounds! Shotgun. BUCK AND BALL all the way. Kitchen sink shells are good too. New loads are making certain rounds extremely relevant again. 30 carbine and the new Underwood and Hornady rounds, WOW.
I am not opposed to optics and the like. I own several GOOD optics. I have an Aimpoint 3000 (Brownie points to the one that points out the significance of this optic), a Unertl 10X scope, AN/PVS-4, and a Leatherwood 3 to 9 ART. But I make a point not to depend on them, and they are not stored ON the rifles. Just how long in a SHTF situation will batteries last on that taticool gadget? Or when your optic gets smashed in an accident? Do you have irons that work? I know I do.
The bayonet is kinda my thing. I love Bayonets. Anything extra to make some miscreant crap his drawers is a plus! A rifle with a fixed bayonet is an intimidating thing. My shotgun with it's bayonet even more.. Some hoodlum will be less inclined to start something seeing that.
Speaking of Buck and Ball. This is the most overlooked shotgun round ever. 2.75" shells with one .65 caliber lead ball, and six #1buck pellets. 1300 fps velocity. Serious OUCH power. No one ever said you had to put one one size of ball at a time in a shotgun round!
Say what you want, I know my old stuff works. it's proven and has kicked the monkey snot out of communists and terrorist scum on multiple fields of battle. It's all built tough to last. No it's not the latest taticool stuff. it's just good old fashioned American iron and knowhow. And when the SHTF and the technological clock gets set back a few decades... My stuff will still work.
1: No COM BLOC weapons, This is 100% non negotiable. We are AMERICANS, Commie AKs make me puke!
2: No pic rails. There are a few reasons for this. A it encourages hanging useless crap all over the rifle. I am not opposed to attaching things to the rifle. But it needs to attach some other way then a pic rail. Keeps the rifle sleek and light. The rails themselves add weight to the firearm... Why add the weight of the rail AND the rings, when I can get an all in one mount for a 30mm optic.
3: No QD sling mounts, I want two permanently attached 1 1/4 inch sling swivels on the bottom of the rifle or shotgun. This one isn't 100% set in stone if it's got some other GI way to attach a GI sling (such as the M1 carbine) or if it's a pistol.. I can put up with Commercial style studs however. But permanent sling swivels are the best.
4: Must have iron sights permanently attached. Also not 100% set in stone, if it's a precision bolt gun with a scope, no iron sights is all right.
5: Bayonet Lug with bayonet.. Again if it's a precision bolt gun or a pistol.. not needed.
6: Pistols and or revolvers MUST have a Lanyard loop. One of the most overlooked things in my opinion. It is WAY to easy to loose a pistol in your hand when you fall. Lanyard prevents this.
7: My calibers, All NATO calibers, plus 45ACP, 12 gauge, 30 carbine, and 30-06.
8: Speaking of ammo. I love specialty rounds! Shotgun. BUCK AND BALL all the way. Kitchen sink shells are good too. New loads are making certain rounds extremely relevant again. 30 carbine and the new Underwood and Hornady rounds, WOW.
I am not opposed to optics and the like. I own several GOOD optics. I have an Aimpoint 3000 (Brownie points to the one that points out the significance of this optic), a Unertl 10X scope, AN/PVS-4, and a Leatherwood 3 to 9 ART. But I make a point not to depend on them, and they are not stored ON the rifles. Just how long in a SHTF situation will batteries last on that taticool gadget? Or when your optic gets smashed in an accident? Do you have irons that work? I know I do.
The bayonet is kinda my thing. I love Bayonets. Anything extra to make some miscreant crap his drawers is a plus! A rifle with a fixed bayonet is an intimidating thing. My shotgun with it's bayonet even more.. Some hoodlum will be less inclined to start something seeing that.
Speaking of Buck and Ball. This is the most overlooked shotgun round ever. 2.75" shells with one .65 caliber lead ball, and six #1buck pellets. 1300 fps velocity. Serious OUCH power. No one ever said you had to put one one size of ball at a time in a shotgun round!
Say what you want, I know my old stuff works. it's proven and has kicked the monkey snot out of communists and terrorist scum on multiple fields of battle. It's all built tough to last. No it's not the latest taticool stuff. it's just good old fashioned American iron and knowhow. And when the SHTF and the technological clock gets set back a few decades... My stuff will still work.
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