epijunkie67
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I'm looking for feedback and suggestions for a rifle purchase. My fiance is not a shooter. Up until a few years ago she disliked guns but living with me has made her more accepting of them and she has even gone to the range a few times. Heck, she has even ASKED to go to the range a few times. But she really hates recoil. I've tried her out on a variety of pistols and she found even a .38 too unpleasent to shoot so for now she just uses my .22 buckmark. The arguments for why I need to get her to upgrade to a better defensive gun are for another time.
I have been trying to decide what to get her as a SHTF rifle. She agrees that if something were to ever happen she would want something she could use to defend herself. And we aren't talking a home invasion. We are talking general purpose SHTF/Utility/Bugout rifle.
She'll practice ocassionally but probably not more than a few times a year. On the up side she is pretty accurate with a pistol so hopefully she will be with a rifle also. I expect her to be fairly recoil shy. So my requirements are;
low recoil
simple manual of arms
not heavy
magazine fed
I've considered an AR but worry about the "finiky"factor. It does seem to be the best overall choice. I also thought about a keltec SU16 for the same reason. Other options are an M1 carbine or other carbine rifle. I even considered the upcoming P90 rifle from FN since it is supposed to have no recoil and more range than the average carbine.
Suggestions?
I have been trying to decide what to get her as a SHTF rifle. She agrees that if something were to ever happen she would want something she could use to defend herself. And we aren't talking a home invasion. We are talking general purpose SHTF/Utility/Bugout rifle.
She'll practice ocassionally but probably not more than a few times a year. On the up side she is pretty accurate with a pistol so hopefully she will be with a rifle also. I expect her to be fairly recoil shy. So my requirements are;
low recoil
simple manual of arms
not heavy
magazine fed
I've considered an AR but worry about the "finiky"factor. It does seem to be the best overall choice. I also thought about a keltec SU16 for the same reason. Other options are an M1 carbine or other carbine rifle. I even considered the upcoming P90 rifle from FN since it is supposed to have no recoil and more range than the average carbine.
Suggestions?