Mini 14 in 6.8spc pros/cons

[TexasPatriot.308]

what I meant is that you would be one of the few to have this caliber....when bad thiings happen (and I know firsthand) you run out of ammo, weapon becomes disabled, you pick up what you can from an unfortunate guy. AKs for example will always be found, back years ago we looked for AKs evry chance we got. I just dont believe after you fire your 1000 rounds you are gonna find more in a pinch. I dont believe your favorite mail order guy will have his doors open.

 

[praharin]

You're right.

But...

Where are you gonna get more 308 (presuming...) in that event? You won'd be getting it at Walmart or local gun shops. They will be closed, long looted clean of anything remotely useful, or possibly heavily fortified in the time it would take to go through 1000 rounds.

I don't know where you were picking up those AK's (Vietnam, Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan, et al) but I doubt their mags and/or ammo fit in whatever rifle you were carrying as a US soldier, sailor, airman or Marine. In that case, you didn't get a resupply, you got a replacement firearm. That alone makes your entire argument irrelevant.

In the event of "SHTF" and you are shooting so many zombies or commies or whatever that you run out of ammo and need to pick up ammo from [insert location or dead gun wielder here] you can also pick up a weapon and be back in business.

So after the zombies eat their way through the National Guard, I'll be picking up an M249 and as much ammo as I can squish into my zombie bug out bag after dumping out all my toilet paper, food and porno mags. I'll keep my water though. 50,000 rounds of belted 5.56 is heavy and I would like to stay hydrated. I see no reason to carry any less, since I have already gone through the 1000 I had at the beginning...


You will NEVER have a need to forage for ammo. If you're out and you can't buy more, you're out.

Moving on...

 

[TexasPatriot.308]

FYI, I am almost 58, that'll tell ya where I served. the most dreaded order coming down the line was "fix bayonets" the 6.8 is a great round. I like you save my ammo dont waste it, shoot hogs and coyotes daily around my cattle. but when and if the time comes I will have plenty of .308, 223, .45acp, 9mm and 12 gauge buck cause I doubt Fed Ex or big brown is gonna be deliverin. I do think the time is coming.

 

[praharin]

Interestingly, I am 29 (it's math-teresting ). I never had to pick up a weapon in battle (Though I did serve in a modern theater) and it was actually STRONGLY recommended against doing so. There were a few cases of weapons being left behind intentionally and altered so that the next firer would end up being injured. I recall specifically reading about a Dragunov, or maybe PSL having (I think) the chamber cut under the handguard.

IEDs are everywhere...

 

[Gelgoog]

what I meant is that you would be one of the few to have this caliber....when bad thiings happen (and I know firsthand) you run out of ammo, weapon becomes disabled, you pick up what you can from an unfortunate guy. AKs for example will always be found, back years ago we looked for AKs evry chance we got. I just dont believe after you fire your 1000 rounds you are gonna find more in a pinch. I dont believe your favorite mail order guy will have his doors open.

If you are running out of ammo, then your probably not in a situation to go scavenging for more...most likely because you ran out of ammo and died.

If you are finding ammo, then your also likely finding the weapon that it went with, because you either killed that person or they killed themselves. I know if I find a body in the middle of the street with lootable equipment on it when the SHTF, I will be thinking its a trap while trying to do my best admiral akbar impression.

Seriously if the obama panic showed us anything its that popular calibers will disappear real quick, and anyone who has anything during the post apocalyptic world is likely to be guarding it with their lives.

....so yea this notion that you shouldn't get X rifle because Y ammunition is not as commonly available as Z round used by Nato is beyond ridiculous. If you do not have it when things go bad, then do not expect to find it.