Good Rifle For Auto Defense? (Vanity)

11/08/05 | JoeGar

[JoeGar]

I have a SIGARMS P239 .357 SIG for concealed carry and inside-the-home defense, but I feel I need a good rifle for neighborhood defense outside -- just in case somebody wants to torch some cars. I'd love an M1 Garand -- just to hear the ka-ching when the clip ejects -- but it's too expensive. The Ruger Mini Thirty looks interesting. What are your suggestions?

[Falcon4.0]

Ooopps! I meant 300 meters!

[lionheart 247365]

Try a mini 14 with folding stock , it fires a .223 as fast as you can pull the trigger and there are lots of after market add ons for up grading (Flash suppressor, Red Dot sight , 10 , 20 , 30 , and 40 round clips , folding stocks and more) . They generally sell for around $450.00 . I refer to mine as the "Anarchy Buster" You can also buy a 1000 rounds of .223 ammo for around $100.00 , which makes it economic to own , good luck ....

[8mmMauser]

We have lots of variety, but when I am not at home, my wife prefers a mini-30 within reach. Modified stock makes it light, handy, and easy to use. Shotgun nearby, too, is too awkward for her, but preferred by me.

8mm

[jospehm20]

I agree. On my next R&R back from this sandbox I plan on buying a SOCOM 16.

[kittymyrib]

If it comes down to that, all may be lost in Boston, but all will NOT be lost in Houston. The founders must be rolling over in their graves at such a defeatist attitude in the place where it all started for this great nation. If you depend on the government to save you, you will be as disappointed as the whining NOLA crowd or the French citizens are this morning.

[Sam Cree]

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[theBuckwheat]

There is no such thing as "American law". What counts here is how specifically state and local laws apply, especially for defense of persons and property. In the case of the state I reside in, deadly force cannot be legally used to protect property, except in the case of arson.

In light of the legal environment, the practical role of firearm is to allow a person to escape from the immediate vicinity of the threat. It is not much more than that, otherwise it is unlawful use of a weapon, assault, or one of the several classes of murder.

[kittymyrib]

You haven't read Texas law, have you? You can kill someone on your property at night without your permission. But then, happily, "Texas is a whole other country," as our state promo used to say.

[Renegade]

Just curious.My father in law passed and I became the owner of his Model 94, .32 caliber. Do they still make amo for that model ??Thanks .

[Jaxter]

I have 6 M-1's that I purchased over the last 7 or 8 years.

2 Springfields
2 H&R's
1 Winchester
1 International Harvester

All of them except for my first Springfield were purchased directly from CMP. I also have a '03A3 (Remington) that I got from them. CMP is also a pretty good source for ammo and accessories. I have the good luck of living in Pittsburgh which is only about 200 miles from the CMP store at Camp Perry.

[wolfcreek]

4 gun rule

9mm,30-30,12ga.,22long,high power .177 pellet ( also good survival weapon)and a single shot 20ga. just to scare.

[xcamel]

Near ditto

S&W 32HR/mag, 12 ga beretta, .223 handi-rifle, Christensen .243 ackley ultra long ranger. (and a 45/90 to blow the block out of a truck when necessary)

[marktwain]

All this armchair bravado amuses me. You think that if the USA had riots like France, that you could just sit on your front porch with a rifle and hold them at bay? You've watched too many westerns. In real life, this will result in a mob torching your house and torturing/killing your family and I don't care how many bullets you have stockpiled. They won't be enough.

I think you are wrong. Our closest experience with similar riots was the LA riots after the "Rodney King" trial. Many, Many people defended their homes and businesses with armed force, and not only survived, but prospered.

Rioters do not have the discipline and motivation of Marines.

[wolfcreek]

Now it says: We're Texas, Don't F with us.

[Gaffer]

In a way, both of you are right, but if there were large scale riots, homeowners would HAVE to band together to succeed. In that respect, owning ENOUGH guns collectively within a neighborhood is KEY.

[bdfromlv]

never kill anything you are not willing to eat.

[Gaffer]

.......I have 6 M-1's that I purchased over the last 7 or 8 years.......

I have four that I have built...Have the barrel and receiver wrenches, gauges, chamber headspace reamers, all that.....It is VERY theraputic. But it takes a significant amount of time and study on deciding, choosing and finding the correct time-grouped parts to build a 'correct' M-1..... this process, raises the cost considerably...

[SVTCobra03]

Rock River Arms CAR-4 with Eotech holosight.

[bvw]

A car itself is more than the equal of any but the 50 cal round. You can use it.

[MrPiper]

I think you mean 30-30, and I agree, a Winchester lever action 30-30 is all thats needed for 200 yd and under NEIGHBORHOOD defense. All this talk of M1 Garands, great rifle, but to expensive these days.

The AR15 is another great rifle, but to expensive to normal folk.

The lowly Win Model 94 can be had for less than $200 used and very accurate out to 150 yds. No training needed to operate which both M1 and AR15 require. (ask a non-gun person to to remove trigger group from M1 Garand.) If your going to form rifle teams, well,, now that is a different thing than neigborhood defense.