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| Jackelyn-MicahHardin | Thought onthe list of top 10 rifles (page: 1 2 3 4) | 69 | May 9 2012, 6:41 PM EDT by Sharpie41 | ||||
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Thread started: Apr 12 2012, 7:29 AM EDT
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With the M1 carbine at the head of this list, I think some important things is not being considered about weapons choices. Ammo availability and diversity for the 30 carbine is poor. At less than 2000 fps with a110 grain slug, It also is on the light side for big game such as deer or farell hog at all but point blank range. It is a fine weapon and would get the job done but AR15, mini 14 and AK47/SKS, demonstrate the same handiness and reliability but more available ammo and power. The 700 remington is also a good choice but it cannot be repaired without specialy smithing tools like the Savage 110 and variants. More important than the brand, the sniper rifler caliber choices should be limited to what is available at wall mart or the local hardware store in large numbers and optomizes the mauser design, Probably 30'06 or 308/7.62x51 NATO. They offer the best combonation of availability, versatility, range and power. The only more avalable rifle cartrege is the 3030 so,that is what the 336 marlin should be chambered in excusivly. Another option, a quality Lever gun in a lage pistol cartrage prferabley 44mag, 357 mag or 45lc for ammo interchangability with side arm. A conspicuous absence is the Emfield SMILE. Cokcing on the down stroke, it is by far the fastst bolt action ever built, It has a 10 round capacity and uses the abundant,powerfull and accurat 303. The 303 is the moste popular hunting cartrage inthe world including Canada just to our north. It is also the most battle tested design in history. The SMILE still holds the world record for most 300 yrd bulls eyes in a minute, 31 consecutive,held since 1914. They are also fairly inexpensive compared to the only comparable rifle here, the M1 Garand. While the Negant is cheeper yet and belong right were it is at, It lacks the SMILE's capacity and rate of fire. Thats why I compare it to the Garand. Just a few things when buyin your end of days weapon.
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| vampirejediknight | Other top tens | 19 | Jul 26 2011, 7:36 PM EDT by oldannyboy37 | ||||
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Thread started: Jun 11 2011, 9:59 AM EDT
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There should be top ten melee weapons and/or top ten explosive and top ten shotguns.
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| Fuel_Fire_Desire | Who in the hell came up with these 10? (page: 1 2) | 37 | Mar 16 2011, 7:55 PM EDT by timberrattler | ||||
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Thread started: Mar 16 2011, 5:25 PM EDT
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So I'm skimming the site trying to get a feel for it when I stumble across this page. I just had to join to find out who in the hell thought that these are the top ten. I don't even understand how some of them could make the top ten let alone make it so high in the list. M1 Carbine? Really? What are there about 10 of them left in the world? Mosin-Nagant? Really? A ancient cheapo relic is what you want to trust your life to? I'm sorry guys but you need some people to join who actually know something about firearms. I'd start by inviting some people from the GlockTalk forums to begin with. You kids need an adult here who can explain to you the ends and outs of firearms. Don't go getting all mad, you all just need a serious reality check when it comes to rifles. This list would be laughed off most gun forums. I understand this is a kiddy site where you play pretend but at least inject some realism into your discussions. You could start by including something about food, water, shelter and clothing post-apocolypse. These things are important too. How about talking about BOBs (Thats what folks on survival forums use to break down bug-out-bag.) Its a back-pack that survivalist create in case disaster strikes and you have to get away from your house quickly. I could make a list of what most of them carry and share it with you so you'll know what to pack. This all might sound crazy but these are the things they talk about on real survival sites.
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| deep_sea_diver | top rated rifles | 9 | Feb 8 2011, 1:27 AM EST by TheEmperorsChosen | ||||
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Thread started: Feb 5 2011, 5:22 AM EST
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keep in mind, guns are tools. You wouldn't use a wrench to hammer a nail, or a screw driver to remove a bolt. The rifle you select depends alot on what you plan to do with it. For bug out/urban survival, the first question is how common is the ammo? What are the odds you can find/scrounge more when needed? While 40 years ago, ammo for the m1 garand and m1 carbine were common because of military use, they are not so much anymore. Most common is the lowly 22lr, probably every other home in the usa has a box laying around. Most stores stock 22lr. 223/5.56, 7.62x39, 5.45x39 and 7.62Nato are in use today. 9mm, 40 s&w, and 45 acp are also more common than 38spec. The farther you go towards hunting type rifles, the harder it will be to find ammo. The 270 win is an excellent round. Most stores only stock a few boxs. same with other common hunting rounds like 30-30 or 30-06. the 7.62 x 54 for the mosig is mostly special order, or at best ball ammo only. The 700 rem is a great rifle, and in 308 would be easy to feed. in 338 nearly impossible to find ammo for. Next is how much firepower will you need? Hunters usually use 1 or 2 shots to take down game, most likely you will need a hi cap semi auto. a 223 is a great assualt rifle, but should you need to take down an elk, moose, etc it's way to small. The best trade off for assualt/and hunting is going to be the 308/7.62 nato round. Available in a number of platforms and a large number of hunting bullet designs this weapon will take down most targets thru 1,000 meters if you are good enough. Recently some hunting ammo is being loaded for the 7.62x39, this round is similar to the 30-30 and would work as a brush gun at 100 meter ranges or so. be aware of mission requirements, before deciding on a rifle. Good luck on Z day
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| SGT629 | Wait a minute.... (page: 1 2 3 4 5 ... last page) | 163 | Jan 31 2011, 4:26 PM EST by cas13f | ||||
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Thread started: Sep 6 2010, 8:44 PM EDT
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On what basis are you ranking these guns? There's guns from all different families, you but the R700 as the first sniper rifle, but the Mosin Nagant was used as a sniper as well, then you mixed semi, bolt and automatic actions to the mix and it becomes obscure as to the point of the list. Snipers are situational weapons as are assault rifles. If you care about accuracy the M16 way out classes the AK. But all around best gun being an M1 Carbine? What about ammunition and difficulty of maintenance? I guess what I'm really trying to say is, how are these weapons better than others when it comes to killing zombies?
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| boater1217 | Feel Good about my choices | 4 | Jan 8 2011, 5:45 PM EST by boater1217 | ||||
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Thread started: Jan 6 2011, 8:45 PM EST
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I own 4 of the 10 and am about to purchase a 700. I wish the 20" barrel 700 came in 30-06 though, I hate to add another size round to my stock pile. I know it comes in a 223 but I am going to use it as a sniper rifle and feel that the heavier round would do a better job in that role.
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| tundrafrog1124 | well | 2 | Dec 9 2010, 4:52 PM EST by DevilNuts | ||||
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Thread started: Dec 9 2010, 3:53 PM EST
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in the end wat does matter in the apoacolpes is (easy to use-easy to mantaine-lots of ammo-and easy to repair.)
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| TheZombieHunter | Winchester 94 (page: 1 2) | 28 | Dec 9 2010, 9:25 AM EST by TheZombieHunter | ||||
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Thread started: Dec 8 2010, 5:54 PM EST
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What about the winchester model 94? It's Just as Good as the marlin 336 and was used in Night of the living dead!
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| tom-93 | m 16 | 1 | Dec 5 2010, 4:47 PM EST by John_234 | ||||
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Thread started: Dec 5 2010, 4:42 PM EST
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the m-16 shouldnt be there it the worst for z day becauase it way to easy to jam yes it powerful and has range but you'll fire two clip and have to clean it when zombie are coming your way duh.. why do you think it was remade so you could take it apart by hand and no tools because even the manufacters knew it was one of the most easy jamming guns EVER!
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| topvortex | idc | 8 | Nov 27 2010, 6:31 PM EST by bIG_ANgUS | ||||
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Thread started: Nov 27 2010, 12:35 PM EST
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im a rifle man i dont wouldent use a machen due to being in accurate and sometimes usless shotguns r sometime useless but very good at VERY close range pistols r ok from a distance and rifles r awesome for distance and u can say bam head shot
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| SovietPrince | When it comes to the mini-14... (page: 1 2) | 36 | Nov 11 2010, 4:18 PM EST by fatboynuke | ||||
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Thread started: Sep 4 2010, 6:04 PM EDT
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with all due respect to Ruger's design, which is good..
The rifle was never built to be a combat rifle.. Its a ranch rifle for a reason.. Anyway, what caused me to post is this: The rifle isn't inexpensive, as it says on the main page. what is it? somewhere between 700-900USD? another issue involved is that the only quality accesories you can get(and theres alot but..) they are all from Ruger ONLY. the only reliability you get from the rifle is when you buy factory mags, which are what? 40-50 bucks a piece? Anyway, Its not a weapon to be used as a fighting rifle. It can be but, the options lower in the list were quite better than the mini14.. anyway, if you want to comprehend where I'm coming from.. here's personal opinion/actual experience from MrLockandLoad(a very very respectable and respectful gentlemen.. the second half of the vid is about the SKS btw) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnIIj9tyxBk
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| RUNDOWNMONKEY | ok one sec here (page: 1 2) | 22 | Sep 26 2010, 9:25 PM EDT by SasquatchJim | ||||
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Thread started: Sep 13 2010, 2:15 PM EDT
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M1 carbine uses a .30 carbine round which is closer to a pistol round than a rifle round. fires semi auto. and has lack of punch. AK-47 fully auto unjamming assault rifle that fires a 7.62 soviet round and may not as accurate as an M 16 but can be made in vast quantities and i easy to use.
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| steamlen | wat is worse Undead rising from graves zombies or a Rage zombie (page: 1 2 3) | 43 | Aug 27 2010, 2:34 PM EDT by trophykiller | ||||
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Thread started: Jul 6 2010, 6:52 AM EDT
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im just asking since both have weaknesses and strengths wat is worse the dead coming bak to life and trying to eat your brains or is it worse to have an infection that makes people very aggresive and possibly be agressive to anything in site even eachother and symptoms dont apear till about a week later?
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| 7th.gate.of.hell | well..... | 3 | Aug 24 2010, 5:10 PM EDT by timberrattler | ||||
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Thread started: Aug 24 2010, 4:50 PM EDT
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i have a hole list of my own... but i believe that the TAR-21, F1 FAMAS, or the SA-80. i personally like these guns because of their ability to be a close quarters weapon, as well as having sniper rifle-like accuracy over long range. these guns have such good accuracy with such a small barrel is because about 90% of the barrel is inside the gun since the firing mecagnism is far back near the stock, this allows the barrel to be put inside the gun. these guns are also capable of mounting many accesories such as flashlights, laser dot sights, red dot scopes, bayonets, and other useful tools.
anyone wanna disagree? go ahead and do it and become another zombie i have to mow down on Z-DAY =)
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| Lonewolf228 | I can do better. No offense... (page: 1 2 3 4) | 61 | Aug 24 2010, 1:04 AM EDT by LJ126 | ||||
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Thread started: Aug 22 2010, 10:07 PM EDT
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this is probably one of the worst lists i've seen. I'd like to post something better.
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| AlexHigginbotham | The Top 10 Rifles PAGE! (page: 1 2 3) | 45 | Jul 22 2010, 3:47 PM EDT by Godbuster | ||||
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Thread started: Jun 26 2010, 5:39 AM EDT
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After a good bit of work and a good bit of Crown Royal Special Reserve, this is what I came up with to eternalize the top rifles poll we recently had. I should be following suit soon with a shotgun page and John will be tackling the handgun page.
Please give opinions, criticism, and flames. I will edit as i see necessary. If you are a noob and dont know how to look above this post to see the page im linking, the here is the link. http://www.zombiesurvivalwiki.com/page/Top+10+Rifles+for+the+Apocalypse
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