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BECAUSE THEY HATE YOU 2

Before we continue on today over the theme of Avoid Over Hyped Guns, a quick word on the author of yesterday’s linked article ( we are the HK marketing department, you suck, and we hate you ).  He has a series “Monster Hunters” which one would normally avoid if you prefer your fiction more attuned to reality than zombies ( barely accepted only because of the survivalism included in some stories such as The Walking Dumbasses ) or spell casting wizards or vampire romance or other drivel.  I certainly never would have chanced reading such if the aforementioned article hadn’t been so expertly crafted.  It of course helped that the first in the series is a free offer.  Let me tell you, this boy can write like nobodies business.  Recommended.

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Choosing a firearm is not easy.  Half the people tell you each and every one is the bees knees and the best thing to come alone to western civilization since sliced white bread, and the other half tell you that this particular firearm is the worst thing ever invented, far worse than Nazi concentration camp poison gas, the Ford Pinto or James Patterson novels.  Some time ago I spent series coin on a Paladin book on all the war surplus rifles ( back when they were all still both available and affordable ) and the silly twat had glowing recommendations for ALL the types ever issued by any government of the era.  Surely you can’t believe the Austria-Hungarian empire which was in decline and straddled with a central government both overgrown and inefficient could procure a personal infantry rifle on par with the Germans?  Evidently so.  You certainly can’t rely on military veterans and their recommendations-you get the same he said/she said contradictions.  As soon as one vet claims it habitually took three rounds to drop a Skinny ( Ethiopian combatant ) because the 223 blows fecal soup, another chimes in with reams of data showing how this couldn’t possibly be true, or if it is it can only be because a brand new barrel twist or super secret improved gunpowder would easily solve the issue. 

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And survivalist writers?  You can’t trust any of them unless you know if they are just parroting previous decades old advice  or actually have a few random spare neurons firing in their brain pan and can think rationally.  For instance, in my case, I have NEVER heard one disparaging word on the HK91 as far as reliability ( not a claim the M16/AR15 can ever dream of matching ).  Different clone manufacturers, of course, can get a bad reputation.  Heck, a 1911A1 .45 can be easily screwed up by a shoddy manufacturer.  But as far as a designed system, nary a one.  Nobody can argue that the HK isn’t as reliable as can be in the field ( where it counts-not on the firing line ).  And as accurate as any other general issue battle rifle.  No, the legions nay saying focus almost exclusively on the ergonomics.  Oh, the mag release is awkward.  The charging bolt is hard to operate.  Okay, let me see if I have this correct.  Your battle rifle that you intend to use as a post-apocalyptic weapon does not reload as fast as other types.  Yes?

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And?  It is a friggin long distance rifle.  The whole point in having this over powered cartridge is to reach out past assault carbine ranges.  This isn’t a fully automatic gun, so you aren’t using it as a squad automatic weapon.  You are far away, so why does it matter if a magazine change takes twice as long?  Why is recoil an issue if you are conserving ammo?  You are NOT equipping yourself for nation state combat.  Your parameters are different.  High rate of fire consideration is a BAD thing, once the ammo factories are molten glass.  So, all things considered, even without testing I can probably safely assume the HK91 lives up to its reputation. 

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But, again, most guns are not as easy to figure out.  Nobody can test all of them ( and when some did, their work is far out of date if from nothing else all the manufactures have changed or the models are no longer available ).  You almost have no choice but to slog through all the hype and desperately try to weed out the BS and keyboard commandos.  You can’t necessarily listen to those that have field experience, either.  They are, once again, using nation state military equipment and tactics.  And, they have Big Bucks.  Sure, you are a High Speed operator and Uncle Obammy pays you a hundred grand a year to protect VIP’s, you can afford high dollar equipment.  The rest of us live in the real world where no matter how obvious it is to us that the world is ending, the spouse could give a crap ( no budgetary love ).  Hillary could give a crap ( lots of extra gun control) and neither could The Donald ( extra taxes to pay off his rich buddy’s ).  In short, even if your life is worth Big Bucks, you don’t have them.

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The Internet is infamous for burying us in data.  Mindless drones hammering on about nothing desperate to cling to your ability to generate ad dollars.  Too much data and almost no information.  And even less knowledge.  Yet even before we all hooked up to the Matrix, face to face word of mouth being replaced with its electronic equivalent, there was still very little real world information on how to choose a firearm.  You had far fewer sources to use as a study guide.  New York decided to publish their choice of a survivalist book and you got their approved information.  At least now, despite all the headaches of information overload, you can judge for yourself from far more sources.  Yes, listening to hype can be a lazy shortcut to research.  But in this case it is also a way to avoid wasting money, IF you study both sides of the issue and make up your own mind.  Hype is unavoidable, just trace it back to its source and judge THAT.  Everyone is guilty of being a Fan Boy.  You find something that actually works and you want to tell the world ( but, believe me, the ingrate suns a bitches won’t thank you.  How many of you have an Enfield?  Right, more like one of those whore dog Russian bolts ).  Look at picking a firearm like a free education.  Put in the work, unlike in “real” college don’t trust the approved text book, apply logic, trust in your own judgment.  You won’t avoid hype.  Everyone is guilty.  And always remember, They Hate You.  Add cynicism to your choice.  Too cheap?  Too expensive?  Approved by the Thought Police as a perfect weapon?  Why?  Who benefits from the hype?  Who profits off your decision ( as in, why did this periodical approve this weapon? )?  Follow the money.  Hype is a given, don’t focus on that.

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