I carried a GAU-5 for 2 yrs with its 2 lb muzzle brake.
Question was Hornet vs Jet experience only. Not rabbit trails for other calibers.
Thank you for your service. I didnt realize the moderator weighed that much.
He did mention Fireball in his first post... I wasnt trying to introduce a new caliber to the thread.
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Imho, the hornet is great for a civilian survival rifle. Add a .410, and its even better. The USAF M4 hornet bolt action was not
supposed to be used for enemy combatants. Only for food gathering and defense against wild animals.
22 Jet is a revolver round that also obviously works in rifles. Its not as hot as the hornet but should do well in a 100yd role. The thing both the Hornet and Jet have in common is their report is not as loud or sharp as, say, a 223. This is key in a survival situation as it will be harder to pinpoint the source of the sound. Or maybe trick any nearby enemies into thinking the shot was farther away. Either work well in a short barrel, though i have no experience with the Jet.
Ive shot the Hornet from 10 and 18" barrels, as well as 223 in 14, 16 and 18", and 22-250 in a 14" barrel. The hornet in a 10" barrel has less noise and concussion than 223 in any length ive shot. The 22-250 i threw in as an extreme. Its a raging handful of hate. But it does share the bolt face diameter and action length of the 308 based rifles...
All in all i think i would take the Hornet in a survival rifle over the Jet because it can be loaded with a wider range of loads, and takes up less space per cartridge. Its also more widely available.
@Mark_Mark the GAU-5A and a couple variants were a CAR-15/XM177 pattern M16 rifle with a 10.5" (or so) barrel and a 3.5 or 4.5" moderator muzzle device. The moderator suppressed the shot by about 3dB, but more importantly, altered the distinct sound the short barreled M16 made into a sound more like that of an M16 with a normal 20" barrel. All so as to not give away the Special Forces special identity. Or so ive read. What makes that null is the fact above that the moderators apparently weighed 2 pounds, negating the handiness of a short barrel.