good evening THR,
I am looking for a good truck rifle and have a few questions. first i have a old 336 i drive around with now and it does everything i ask it too out to 300m. BUT id like to have a good semi auto with a few 30rd mag's for a SHTF situation. (hopefully thats a reasonable reason for one)
I used to own a AK47 but was never all that pleased with it and sold it to by a scope for my target rifle. So 2 rifles that have been catchin my eye are a cheap del-ton ar ($730) tricked out to my liking or a SU16C (600).
I really like the SU16 but i held one today and it just felt kinda flimsy to me but i didnt shoot it. I know all the reviews are great but i just dont see it taking a beating well in a prolonged bad situation. I just got done with carrying a M16 in the field glued to me for a month and as nice as i was to it during SQD lanes it took a beating. i dont think a SU16 would hold up great but thats my 2 cents.
But also in that training my M16 jammed up in every other fire fight (yes we had blanks and i know they dont feed great). but my whole SQD had the same problem. I dont have the $ to throw down on a super well made/ high end AR so reliability might be a issue for me. plus an AR doesn't have a folding stock like id like to have.
Id like your advice on the two platforms or any other rifles that could work for me at that price point.
thanks,
Pat
I am looking for a good truck rifle and have a few questions. first i have a old 336 i drive around with now and it does everything i ask it too out to 300m. BUT id like to have a good semi auto with a few 30rd mag's for a SHTF situation. (hopefully thats a reasonable reason for one)
I used to own a AK47 but was never all that pleased with it and sold it to by a scope for my target rifle. So 2 rifles that have been catchin my eye are a cheap del-ton ar ($730) tricked out to my liking or a SU16C (600).
I really like the SU16 but i held one today and it just felt kinda flimsy to me but i didnt shoot it. I know all the reviews are great but i just dont see it taking a beating well in a prolonged bad situation. I just got done with carrying a M16 in the field glued to me for a month and as nice as i was to it during SQD lanes it took a beating. i dont think a SU16 would hold up great but thats my 2 cents.
But also in that training my M16 jammed up in every other fire fight (yes we had blanks and i know they dont feed great). but my whole SQD had the same problem. I dont have the $ to throw down on a super well made/ high end AR so reliability might be a issue for me. plus an AR doesn't have a folding stock like id like to have.
Id like your advice on the two platforms or any other rifles that could work for me at that price point.
thanks,
Pat
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