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Is This The Most Overrated ‘Prepper Gun’ On the Market?
Image source: ArmsList.com
One of the more interesting firearms used by the U.S. military was the M6 Aircrew Survival Weapon. This was a superposed 22 Hornet rifle barrel over a .410 shotgun barrel that was usually stored in collapsed form in a tool bag aboard airplanes, particularly long-range bombers that flew over the Arctic. Spare ammunition was stored in the butt stock.
The point of these firearms was to give a downed aircrew a fighting chance at survival until they reached safety or were rescued. Based on its design, it sounds almost like the perfect survival rifle to store in a vehicle, boat, aircraft or backpack.
Instead of a typical firearm trigger, the shooter has a large trigger bar to depress in order to fire the M6 Scout. This design shows the lineage from the Cold War because it was made so the shooter could fire the M6 while wearing extreme cold weather mittens.
It is definitely interesting, but it has a few quirks.
A civilian version was offered by Springfield Armory called the M6 Scout. The rifles were actually built by CZ and came in two caliber choices: 22 Hornet over .410 shotgun or 22 long rifle over .410 shotgun.
Source: http://www.offthegridnews.com/self-defense/is-this-the-most-overrated-prepper-gun-on-the-market/
If weight and space is such an issue as to necessitate something like this, then why not skip it altogether and go with a takedown recurve bow, a telescopic fishing pole, and wire snares, which altogether would weigh about the same as the gun and ammo alone? Either that or pack lighter and find a way to include the trusty rifle of one’s choice.
The last thing you need is to be carrying a strange animal when going after strange animals.
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