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OK FReepers, it's the zombie apocalypse. What battle rifle should I buy?
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Posted on 05/23/2015 9:08:42 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: Kommodor
If you like .308, try an AR-10. You can find a decent one for about 1k.A buddy of mine has one but I'm just not sold on Stoner's design. As an AO in the Navy, I've had to break these weapons down to clean them. Too much work.
Sure, they're light and accurate as all hell but they foul quickly.
Honestly, I'm not really considering an AR-10. I've always thought the FAL looked like the coolest rifle. Think of those Rhodesian bush warriors wearing boonie caps. Just looked cool.
That's what I really wanted.
Then I discovered the PTR-91. Loose tolerances, from what I've read, basically the AK in the .308 world.
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posted on
05/23/2015 10:15:28 PM PDT
by
Drew68
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Yeah I know, I thought I hit preview.
To: Kirkwood
Eh, still dont know how much you plan to spend on ammo. You need to budget for target practice. I'm not going to pretend to be a sniper. Figure 500 rounds to break in the rifle, clean it and leave another 500 rounds waiting in a can.
Don't need mountains of ammo. They're will be plenty when the SHTF.
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posted on
05/23/2015 10:20:45 PM PDT
by
Drew68
To: Drew68
Are you in the suburbs? If so, no episode of suburban, asymmetric interlocking fire would be wholesome without the 50 BMG.
50BMG Armor Piercing Incendiary -vs- ENGINEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pEylQ2G5-U
Be the boss neighborhood guy! Wear general's rank (as seen on police)! Get it now!
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posted on
05/23/2015 10:21:01 PM PDT
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
To: Smokin' Joe
Get wood. The thock wont carry as far as the ping. Noise discipline, and all that.Aluminum doesn't break like a wood bat does though. I could put some tape on it to muffle it.
To: Drew68
Colt M4, ACOG scope and a professional 3day rifle course.
should be about $2 to 3k total
You will be better prepared than 90% of the people out there.
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posted on
05/23/2015 10:22:50 PM PDT
by
JimBianchi11
(The 2A is the cornerstone of our free society. Those that don't support it, oppose it.)
To: RginTN
Chainsaws absolutely.
All of the old school hatchet and ax men who've spent a weekend with me and Mrs. Z send us thank you notes: "You've opened my eyes. I'll never go back to chopping up zombies by hand again."
[And no, the noise does not draw them. They recognize the sound of a chainsaw and leave our cabin alone.]
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posted on
05/23/2015 10:24:33 PM PDT
by
FredZarguna
(We are vain and we are blind/I hate people when they're not polite.)
To: Viking2002
She already thinks I'm half homicidal. Women don't mind if the homicidal half is from the waist down. It's the upper-homicidals they dislike.
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posted on
05/23/2015 10:27:00 PM PDT
by
FredZarguna
(We are vain and we are blind/I hate people when they're not polite.)
To: Vince Ferrer
You hit them with the label up.
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posted on
05/23/2015 10:27:35 PM PDT
by
FredZarguna
(We are vain and we are blind/I hate people when they're not polite.)
To: Drew68
Spingfield M1A, 18” barrel. “Always shoot a large man, with a large caliber bullet”.
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posted on
05/23/2015 10:29:13 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: Drew68
Give up, do not fight. Give up, do not fight. Give up, do not fight....
To: Vince Ferrer
It was a tongue-in-cheek British saying to your own correction.
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posted on
05/23/2015 10:30:05 PM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not, no explanation is possible)
To: familyop
Are you in the suburbs? If so, no episode of suburban, asymmetric interlocking fire would be wholesome without the 50 BMG.Funny you mention this. As an Ordnanceman, I have access to a Ready Service Locker containing thousands of rounds of .50 cal.
I would never pilfer from the U.S. Navy. Leavenworth and a dishonorable discharge, no thanks.
However, in the zombie apocalypse, I'd be less concerned with the UCMJ. This being said, .50 cals are fun to shoot but I'm not going to be grabbing a GAU-21 as my SHTF rifle.
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posted on
05/23/2015 10:33:05 PM PDT
by
Drew68
To: Drew68
"What to get?"
Ask yourself, "What do I want the bullet to do?" Write down the answers. Base your choice of a rifle on the answers regarding potential target type(s), likely ranges (terrain), best accuracy required, terminal ballistics, etc.
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posted on
05/23/2015 10:33:25 PM PDT
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
To: Drew68
I would have an AR-15 and an AK-47. When the SHTF, those who unsuccessfully attack you are bound to have one or the other ammo type.
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posted on
05/23/2015 10:36:36 PM PDT
by
AlaskaErik
(I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
To: Vendome
Spingfield M1A, 18 barrel. Always shoot a large man, with a large caliber bullet.You mention the Springfield. Also in my price range. I really like the SOCOMs. My only aversion is they're not battle-tested. We fielded this rifle for a few years in 'Nam and then scrapped it for the "Made by Mattel" M-16.
Are they reliable or not? I dunno.
Badass f'in weapon, though.
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posted on
05/23/2015 10:38:14 PM PDT
by
Drew68
To: umgud
WOO-HOO!!!
Another gun p0rn thread!!!
My contribution.
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posted on
05/23/2015 10:40:32 PM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
("When you have to shoot, SHOOT! Don't talk." --Tuco)
To: familyop
Ask yourself, "What do I want the bullet to do?" Write down the answers. Base your choice of a rifle on the answers regarding potential target type(s), likely ranges (terrain), best accuracy required, terminal ballistics, etc. Yep. And everytime I do this, the one weapon that comes out on top is the Kalashnikov.
The only drawback is U.S. forces don't use any weapon that chambers 7.62 x 39, so the opportunity to pilfer ammo in a SHTF situation is nil.
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posted on
05/23/2015 10:43:28 PM PDT
by
Drew68
To: umgud
I need to know what that is, and where I can get one, if it is real .
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posted on
05/23/2015 10:45:26 PM PDT
by
Captainpaintball
(Immigration without assimilation is the death of a nation -- FUJB!!!)
To: Drew68
Ammo will be currency. There may be a lot around, but I’m not convinced that would be the case. But you will have to barter for it. No matter how much of it there is out there it won’t be easy to get cheaply. We should all have learned that lesson from the Obama shortages. When you bring survival into the mix, it will really change the equation.
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posted on
05/23/2015 10:46:21 PM PDT
by
ChildOfThe60s
(If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there....)
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