N/A Break barrel for Survival Hunting Bugout
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If your in a city , right , If you survive getting out of the city far enough ,you still most likely will not survive past a year or so . personally i do not worry about it , i will not last more than a few months without medications . other than that i have plenty of ammo to target shoot and hunt and a lake full of water and buckets to keep the toilet working hahaha . i will stay put right here ;
Stan in KY .
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I looked this up online , and just wanted you , and everyone to know I am taking their suggestions seriously by web searching , and reading about the rifles they suggest. Thank you I
Us older guys put our age down because we don't give a damn .lol
We grew up shooting the buck then Crossman 760 then if you had a paper route a Benjamin , and if your Dad , or Grandpa lovEd you they helped the kid get a Sheridan.
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GREAT ! you are looking the guns up , i do that constantly just to see what was talked about . I had a used Daisy pump model 25 , everybody kidded me about it ............ Till "the untouchables " movie .
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If it was me, I would look for a Benjamin 392, sure pumping is a pain in the ass, but it’s lighter, and more powerful than most brake barrels, and it’s not hold sensitive. Also those Benjamin’s are totally minute of sparrow, (that’s better than minute of squirrel)
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i just bought two more Sheridan's , sweated out 29 days USPS delivery . Now i have 3 but will sell one at Midwest air gun show next month .
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Dam that’s 7 hours from me, probably won’t be making itMidWest Airgun Show
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i drive the day b4 and stay overnight but leave a couple hours early and drive home 5 hours that is eastern time zone at the show .
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I have a Benji 392 PA , and the original box. I'm going to have to do a chrony test , but I think there pretty slow compared to most brake barrels even the $97 F4 at Walmart is over a 1000 fps.
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^^This^^ X's 10.
If you're going to bug out, you need a place to bug out to with shelter and supplies and the ideal time to bug out is years in advance.
Personally, if I were choosing a single airgun as a survival tool it would be my AA S410E. It's very accurate, very quiet, powerful enough for game up to raccoon size and simple enough that I could repair it myself if need be. I wouldn't choose a survival airgun based on the same criteria as a combat rifle. An airgun doesn't need to go to hell and back and operate under any circumstances. It just needs to be the best tool for quietly killing small game.
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I have had a couple 392’s, they all shot around 700 FPS with crosman 14.3’s
Believe it or not the old 392 is one powerful compact rifle that only weighs about 5.5 pounds.
And if you drop some oil on the pivots they last for ever, and don’t get spring failure or fatigue.
They do suck to pump but other than that they are really awesome “bug out” guns
At one point I had a steroid 392 that made 26ft/lbs.
I sold it like a dimbass to Zeke. And when I tried to buy it back he sold it already.
So if anyone has a steroid gun I am game for purchasing it
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Filling it ? That’s the pcp problem, hand pumps are big and heavy,
If not my FX impact M3 .22 gets 250 shots per fill and is absolutely quite at 20 ftlbs
But who wants to carry all the equipment.
I carried a 240B when I was in the army but I don’t think a 26lb chain gun empty would do me any good now
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Huben hand pump is about 2.5 lbs, but if you’re traveling on foot you shouldn’t be bothering with an airgun. In a survival situation I would only see an airgun as something that you have with you in your vehicle or your dwelling. Behind the seat of your truck or in your cabin in the woods a survival airgun makes a lot of sense, but if you’re fleeing disaster on foot you should be hauling food, water or a firearm instead.
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Yes I agree with you. Ideally if the world ended you would have a cabin in the woods, a 4x4 and a stock pile of food and ammo.
How ever, if you don’t have a cabin, 4x4, or a stock pile of supplies because let’s say you are young, or don’t make much money. Perhaps all you can afford is a 1994 geo metro, whatever air rifle was available at Walmart and a tin of pellets.
2.5 pounds is a lot of weight if you are putting it in your backpack, that could be water/food/toilet paper.
So I do agree with what your saying would be ideal, just offering other suggestions to those not so able to be prepared in the same manner.
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If what you’re looking for is an accurate, tough, no nonsense hunting break barrel that will take a pounding, it’s hard to beat a Diana 34. They’re heavy but they check all those boxes. I’ve got a 36 (fancy 34) that’s decades old and still on the original piston and seals. Same with a 48 and 52 (sidelevers) from the 90s. HW 50 and 95 are both to be considered. The 50 is light enough to carry all day but the 95 has more umph behind it and with a sling the little bit of extra weight won’t matter.
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I believe there are several places that sell the pro valves like Baker Airguns , and Archer.
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I was in a pawn shop a few years ago, and seen a beat up old 30-30 lever action for $250. I bought it took it apart worked on everything down to the last little screw. It came out beautiful. I sold it for $750. , but it was a trap. Apparently you can't do that without an FFL , So a few days later the A. Tobacco , F came to my door took all my firearms , and I lost my gun rights forever. They took a Galil rifle I built hand made it was , so beautiful. I almost did 5 years. I explained that I did not know I needed a FFL , and they said the Federal court that is that ignorance of law is no excuse. I got 5 years probation. When I was in court the girl in front of me smuggled 25 kilos of China white heroin across the boarder she got 5 years probation as well. I have an Honorable discharge , and built Cruz missiles in the Air force. I was glad a hardened felon like me could own a Airgun lol. If that would have never happened to me I would have never got into Airguns , so I truly believe God works in mysterious ways.
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