battle rifle book 3

BATTLE RIFLE BOOK 3

CARBINES V BATTLE RIFLES
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You’ll have noticed by now that the book title does state “battle rifle”.  Yes, as a point in fact it should state “combat rifle” to be clearer.  A battle rifle is a military thirty caliber full size round whereas a carbine uses an intermediate size cartridge.  But to my mind, that is like arguing if the M1 Carbine was actually a carbine or if it was technically a submachine gun since its round was more pistol than intermediate powered.  The plain and simple fact is that the age of the true battle rifle is over and the assault rifle reigns supreme and most folks consider the poodle shooters the weapon to take into battle.

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I don’t like this myself, as I consider the full battle cartridge to be superior.  But I also see its very real weaknesses.  When you arm yourself with limp wrested ammo, you accept that a certain type of fighting is superior.  Namely, dumping a wall of lead at an enemy.  For almost all of the fighting taught and advocated today, the carbine is the only option.  The full thirty is for another kind of fighting, more worried about marksmanship than spray and pray.  When you fall in love with lead dumping, a big bore is simply too much rifle.  Even with a semi-automatic, the recoil is severe enough that you are wasting a lot of shots.  In the next chapter I’ll explain why this is a retarded tactic for the survivalist.  It shouldn’t have to be explained, but nobody likes that pesky Logistics problem.

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But let’s say, just for the sake of argument, that you don’t exactly agree with modern tactics and arms, and want to stay with the marksman ideal and you also believe that the full thirties are superior.  You’ll still have two low cost options, but you are trading a superior round for inferior arms.  That is, assuming you are on a severe budget.  I assume we all are, being realistic.  Some folks can puff out their chest and proclaim differently but I’d wager they need the wife’s permission to spend the big bucks.  Good luck with that, buddy.

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You might be forced to accept a carbine just because they are half the price, as is their ammo.  If your terrain and tactics force you to go full bore, you still can do it, but it is going to be tough.  And yet, a lot of folks might want a full bore because of conventional wisdom, because that is the advice out there, and not even need it.  Built up woods are usually not even 100 yard shots.  The traditional advice is that you need penetration.  And it is hard to argue with that.  But at short distances, is that really a requirement?  You’ve seen the video’s of short range cast iron skillet shooting with carbines, haven’t you ( hint, they went through )? 

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Let’s boil it down simply.  If you are a true marksman ( NOT a sniper-so few of us are that it doesn’t merit consideration ), AND your area allows it, a thirty cal big boy gun is great.  It has the needed punch out at long distances.  Otherwise, if you are an average shooter, you can’t utilize the full bores.  It is too much gun for you.  I have my Lee-Enfields, best military bolt gun ever made, and while I like the full power round, I know I’m really only utilizing its ability to fight the wind ( high desert here, wind is usually a bitch ).  It doesn’t do me much good past 200 yards, about my maximum effective hitting range.

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Am I concerned with penetration?  No.  I don’t have the extra ammo to be trying to shoot through trees or cars.  And, while penetration is great, that role really belongs to the squad automatic weapon.  Using the traditional battle rifle in that role is really not the greatest idea.  You are better off with a grenade launcher than a penetration rifle, anyway.  Yes, I understand survivalists cannot own one, so they opt for a penetrating rifle.  But I still think folks should be more concerned with flesh than cover.  Again, from Day One you should be trying to conserve your ammunition, not waste it. 

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The whole point in buying more ammo is to have it last longer through the apocalypse, not to waste more of it every battle.  That is the primary reason I dislike semi’s.  But I won’t digress.  As long as you use semi as a way to acquire another  target quicker, and not to place more rounds in the same one, that shouldn’t be an issue.  You’ll need to learn to disregard today’s tactics even if you have those tactics weapons.  Cover and suppressive fire is a good way to die earlier, but I’ll cover that later.  For now, penetrating fire is the same sin, and hence a full thirty isn’t always needed.

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Twice to three times the ammo is two to three times as long that you can kill the enemy.  NOT incapacitate, necessarily.  Ideally, you try to create a situation where you are not surrounded by the enemy, where you need a battle rattle of 300 rounds in tacti-cool speedy pouches.  If you are only firing at an exposed target, you don’t need all that.  But, if you are disregarding everything I’ll say about tactics fitting the logistics, you ALSO need to stick with the shorter carbine rounds.  Close quarters and excessive engagement isn’t the full bore thirties forte anyway. 

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You don’t even need a thirty if you are using an AR, anyway.  It will reach further than you can see without a scope.  And it doesn’t matter if it incapacitates or not.  You have the distance to escape and evade, and in time the even minor wound will finish him off ( or her, because goddess forbid we aren’t all equal and crap here ).  Widespread antibiotics will not be available after a very short period of mass warfare, after the collapse.

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This is why I include assault carbines in with battle rifles.  Neither are great in all roles, but both can work marginally in all.  I don’t consider hunting a consideration, as all game will be gone very shortly.  It is cheaper to store meat, and more realistic.  Don’t buy a bigger bore just for hunting ( you should be trapping anyway, not shooting ).  Survivalists need extra rifles ( of different configurations, not speaking of the same types-because, you know, one is none ) like they need an extra  hole in their head.  Pick what works for your area and skill ( and budget, obviously ) and double down on that.  If you are average, you’ll barely get proficient on one type of combat gun.  Let alone two.

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