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Survival Gun Show – Episode 23

by ChipMonk on April 26, 2012

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Today Chip covers two firearms that have obvious Survival applications: the popular Springfield XD and the venerable Savage 99.  The discussion on the XD covers a brief history of the platform, an overview of the different design elements of the XD and some recent experiences Chip had shooting one of these great sidearms.  The second part of the show focuses on the lever action Savage 99 with attention paid to the “dual use” possibilities of a powerful cartridge like the .308 Winchester in a fast-shooting, but also fairly innocently-looking longarm.

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(long Nut’n'fancy review)

Survival Gun Show – Episode 11

November 4, 2011
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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 least in most of their configurations) for a combination defensive/hunting tool. [...]

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Survival Gun Show – Episode 5

September 16, 2011
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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, first fielded by the Soviets in 1945 and imported into the [...]

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Survival Gun Show – Episode 3

September 2, 2011
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The 30-30 as a survival caliber?  What is Chip thinking?  Well, today you find out as we discuss the 30-30 as a survival caliber along with the lever action-type rifle it is most often found chambered in.  We discuss the numerous advantages of this cartridge as well as some of the disadvantages allowing you to [...]

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