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Survival Gun Show – Episode 21

by ChipMonk on March 22, 2012

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The Mosin-Nagant rifle.  It’s big.  It’s ugly.  It’s clunky. It has an atrocious safety.  The trigger takes a lot of time to get used to.  It’s heavy.  It’s….  Well, we could go on and on but truth be told despite all of the previously negative features I’ve mentioned it also happens to be the best bargain going in centerfire rifles today.  Which is why we’re going to discuss it on today’s episode.

Wiki entry on the Mosin-Nagant

Survival Gun Show – Episode 12

November 17, 2011
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 37:25 — 12.9MB) Many might think that old military surplus bolt action rifles have little place in a modern survival armory.  They lack the higher capacity of most magazine-fed semi-autos, they are slower to operate and they are typically chambered in “overly-powerful” calibers. Your humble host begs [...]

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Survival Gun Show – Episode 7

September 30, 2011
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 25:55 — 8.9MB) 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 [...]

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