Firearms that take a beating, but keep going
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The Lone Haranguer
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Most military firearms are designed to, are they not?
WardenWolf
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Well, French guns are, at least. They all have to be drop-tested. After all, an accidental discharge can spoil a surrender. And they're really designed for their conquerors, not their own soldiers.
AK's and Mosin Nagants are the two biggest ones.
AK's and Mosin Nagants are the two biggest ones.
Quoheleth
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Ruger pistol, model _______. You fill in the blank - doesn't matter. After nuclear holocaust, the cockroaches can arm themselves with AK47 long-guns and Ruger sidearms.
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JWF III
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Remington 870 and Mossberg 500/590/etc.
Original USGI 1911s-the ones with very loose tolerances
Original USGI 1911s-the ones with very loose tolerances
zombienerd
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+1 for Mossberg 500 
Sten - I've got a friend who put over 15,000rds through his sten with no cleaning and nothing more than an occasional squirt of CLP.
Browning 1919 - I had not one, not two, but THREE K-Bs in one of mine in the span of less than 5 minutes while using some old 8mm (late 1940's/early 50's Turkish IIRC). After the first two KBs, we just hammered the topcover back into shape with a rubber mallet, checked timing and headspace, looked for other damage (none) and went back to shooting. On KB #3, the topcover was damaged too badly to continue. The rest of the gun, however, was fine - not a scratch. After I got home, I swapped the broken topcover for an old Israeli one, vowed never to use that ammo in a machinegun again, and it ran just fine after that. I can't think of too many firearms that can withstand three near consecutive K-B's with such minimal damage to the firearm itself and none to the shooter.
Browning 1919 - I had not one, not two, but THREE K-Bs in one of mine in the span of less than 5 minutes while using some old 8mm (late 1940's/early 50's Turkish IIRC). After the first two KBs, we just hammered the topcover back into shape with a rubber mallet, checked timing and headspace, looked for other damage (none) and went back to shooting. On KB #3, the topcover was damaged too badly to continue. The rest of the gun, however, was fine - not a scratch. After I got home, I swapped the broken topcover for an old Israeli one, vowed never to use that ammo in a machinegun again, and it ran just fine after that. I can't think of too many firearms that can withstand three near consecutive K-B's with such minimal damage to the firearm itself and none to the shooter.
I've put 12,000 - 15,000 rounds through my LW Commander since I built it in 1975.
If you look real close, you can see the small crack in the frame just below the slide in front of the slide stop pin.
That sort of crack doesn't really hurt anything. I'd still carry it with no worry.
If you look real close, you can see the small crack in the frame just below the slide in front of the slide stop pin.
That sort of crack doesn't really hurt anything. I'd still carry it with no worry.
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Mosin 91/30 and M44
S&W Military and Police (Model 10 .38)
Hi-Point...most people I know that own them have never cleaned them.
S&W Military and Police (Model 10 .38)
Hi-Point...most people I know that own them have never cleaned them.
expvideo
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AKs don't really require cleaning. Sigs and Glocks are pretty good for handguns. SKSs are pretty tough too. Basically anything Russian is cleaning-optional.
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kd7nqb
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Mosins
AK's
SKS's
Glocks
Hi-Points
AK's
SKS's
Glocks
Hi-Points
KC0QGL
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Once run over my Bersa .380 with my friends gokart in mud, troped it on a concret floor and broke the rear sight blade. It still shoots just like new.
Also Win. mod. 1897 my Dads has been cleaned once in 20 years.
Also Win. mod. 1897 my Dads has been cleaned once in 20 years.
MTMilitiaman
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Ak, sks, m14, fal...
CountGlockula
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cleardiddion
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Mosin
Mossberg 500
Hi-point 995
Pa-63
Mossberg 500
Hi-point 995
Pa-63
ReadyontheRight
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I have personally witnessed TWO Remington 870s left in the case by their owner to rust. One kept on showing up to trap shooting until I noticed the rust and broke it down to clean and oil it.
The other we shot for a day at the range. It had been bought new, shot at ducks once and left in the case for 5 years or so. No problems at all. The owner said he would bring it to a gunsmith for cleaning. It shot well, but it sure was ugly with rust.
Firearms that take a beating, but keep going? Remington 870.
The other we shot for a day at the range. It had been bought new, shot at ducks once and left in the case for 5 years or so. No problems at all. The owner said he would bring it to a gunsmith for cleaning. It shot well, but it sure was ugly with rust.
Firearms that take a beating, but keep going? Remington 870.
WardenWolf
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But would they have rusted had they been made of higher quality materials? I mean, most firearms don't rust in their cases unless you've been shooting corrosive ammo through them and didn't properly clean them.
General Geoff
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Anything made of steel will rust eventually, if left in a moisture-rich environment. Being left in a case itself won't lead to rust, but leaving a firearm in its case in a variable environment that becomes humid at some point... that'll lead to rust.
nicholst55
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The original 'Big Fifty!' Also the FAL is exceptionally reliable; a member of the FAL Files has a rifle nicknamed 'Old Dirty,' that has fired over 14,000 rounds without cleaning! Oh, I think he did toss it into a pond once, but that's the extent of anything evenly vaguely related to cleaning that's happened to it.
mgkdrgn
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Remington Nylon series 22lr auto's (66, 77, Mohawk 10).
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