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If you have ever spent time perusing Survival/Preparedness forums you’ve probably noticed that very often people are quite opinionated about their perspective regarding Survival Guns. Sometimes you go away from reading a thread feeling like if you don’t own a top-of-the-line .308 battle rifle you can’t possibly be ready for the horrors that await us in the coming future.
I happen to disagree with that idea. While I like top-of-the-line .308 battle rifles I don’t think they are the most important facet of preparedness, even when it comes to firearms. What matters is that you have a firearm (or firearms) that will serve your particular needs and that you shoot well with it. On this episode I compare two basic categories of “Survival” rifles:
* Sporting guns (bolt and lever-action hunting rifles, single-shots, etc.)
* Military-pattern magazine-fed semi-auto “Sport Utility” rifles.
While discussing the advantages and weaknesses of each type I try to bring home the point that what really matters is what “you” can do with “your” rifle and that all else is merely academic.
The following Youtube videos seemed to fit in with the core of what I discuss on today’s show:
And from the ever-entertaining Nutnfancy:
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