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Survival Gun Show – Episode 16

by ChipMonk on January 13, 2012

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Today we look at the good ol’ revolver for survival applications, discuss a few of the calibers available in this platform and their respective advantages/disadvantages, and overall just converse about why the revolver can still be an appropriate survival tool for many situations.  Whether your focus is on personal defense or potential hunting applications, the revolver has a proven track record over a century and a half in length and should be considered in any conversation about survival sidearms.

Link to the news article I open with on today’s episode

Masaad Ayoob on Home Defense Handguns (focusing on revolvers)

How to do an emergency reload on a revolver

Selecting a caliber for your defensive revolver (I quote some of the stats on this page during the episode-Just FYI)

(Clint Smith on the “Defensive Revolver”)

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 11

November 4, 2011
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 24:49 — 8.6MB) The Saiga family of rifles is essentially the modern offspring of the AK-47 in a sporting package and today we discuss their usefulness to Survivalist/Prepper-types.  Available in several rifle calibers as well as a few shotgun gauges, Saigas are a relatively low-priced option (at [...]

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Survival Gun Show – Episode 8

October 7, 2011
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:55 — 10.7MB) Recently the host of the Survival Gun Show has been asked by listeners to talk about single-shot firearms and their survival usefulness so today’s episode covers that topic, although with a specific focus on “Combo Guns” (which I define by having options which allow [...]

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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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Survival Gun Show – Episode 5

September 16, 2011
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 25:29 — 8.8MB) The SKS carbine.  It’s kind of funny looking, right?  Somewhat overbuilt for the caliber it fires, correct?  But, man, if there ever was a candidate for the perfect cheap ‘Survival Gun’ this is arguably the one. On today’s episode we discuss the SKS carbine, [...]

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Survival Gun Show – Episode 2

August 26, 2011
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:12 — 10.4MB) In Episode 2 of the Survival Gun Show Chip discusses the various categories and classes of “survival guns” ranging from .22s for small game hunting and pest elimination to centerfires for larger game and defense, along with handguns for personal protection and shotguns for [...]

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