this post was submitted on 08 Nov 2023
11 points (78.9% liked)

guns

1195 readers
53 users here now

Keep it civil.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

Something that will get you through anything and always be there to fire. Something you can always count on, no matter what. Cold, heat, wet, dirt, mud, drops, falls, bites, claws.

Is there anything in your mind, that you trust to take all that and keep on tickin'?

top 12 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The fewer moving parts, and fewer automatically cycling parts, the more reliable.

I’d reckon that mechanically a fixed pin, single loaded slamfire shotgun is going to be nearly 100% reliable. The only malfunctions being user error or bad ammunition.

Of things in the realm of reason, a bolt action rifle chambered in a rimless cartridge will be very reliable.

That said most big name, widespread firearms are can be very reliable. Each design has certain specifical makes/models that will be better, and points more likely to fail and certain types of jams, but on mature designs they can usually be easily cleared.

Would you be willing to take a slamfire shotgun over something magazine fed? Is the reliablity difference that big of a factor to sacrifice so much else? Most people say usually not.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've heard of a HK USP lasting 200k rounds without parts change https://www.guns.com/news/2021/10/14/this-hk-usp-has-200k-rounds-through-it

It really depends on what your use case is. Are you an author looking for a gun for your post apocalyptic character or are you someone looking for a carry handgun?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't think I've ever heard of a Ruger No. 1 malfunctioning.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you had to survive with one gun for the rest of your life, would you chose this?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Survive what? Survive where?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The year is 1997, you’re living in an alternate timeline where mars has been colonized for decades. You’re in Habitat 77, isolated from the rest of the habitats. G-raptors, genetically modified dinosaurs breed to survive on mars prowl the halls. What modern firearm do you choose?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Then no, not that single shot Ruger. I want a belt fed M60 machine gun with an ammo belt attachment.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Potentially anything, potentially anywhere.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I reject the premise of the question. Different situations call for drastically different equipment:

  • A summer in the woods in Alaska poaching small game for food: bolt-action .22, maybe a CZ 457.
  • A winter in the woods in Alaska poaching small game for food: forget it. You're going to die if you're asking questions like this.
  • A desert island: flare gun.
  • Urban area, breakdown in social order in which you have gunfights with your neighbors over a rapidly dwindling supply of resources: Lincoln's Repeater.
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Rifles:

AK47, Garand M1, Lee Enfield No4 Mk1, SKS

Pistols:

Glock 19, CZ 75B

Shotgun:

Mossberg 500

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Pump action Remington 870