Truck Rifle?

WHICH RIFLE FOR A TRUCK WOULD YOU CHOOSE?

  • BERETTA CX4

    Votes: 12 10.0%
  • KEL-TEC SUB 2000

    Votes: 19 15.8%
  • OTHER

    Votes: 89 74.2%

  • Total voters
    120
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I highly recommend something with more power. An SKS is the perfect trunk gun... inexpensive, so you won't be screwed if you get it stolen, but reliable, powerful, and venerable. Battle proven.

Pistol rounds suck, and as long as you are gonna have a rifle, might as well have the advantage of a rifle round. ;)
 
Thanks for all the good suggestions. I have a mak-90 and an m4 and they are way too heavy and clunky for what i am really looking for. I drive an 06 silverado extended cab. And i know i have plenty of room for it but i just want something easy to get to. I do have a 870 o.d. green and a mossy with pistol grips but they are too much gun i think. I just want something easy to get to from the drivers seat, and able to store without giving up too much room. Maybe i will throw the mossy in there and see how i like the feel of that in there for now.
I went today and saw some nice and cheap sks's and mini-14's. The problem is the length and the clunkiness of having them rolling around in the back. What would you guy's recommend to tie them down but still be accessable?
 
In my 71 Blazer there is a police style shotgun rack mounted horizontally behind the front seats it allows the weapon to be locked as well as secured and will hold any rifle or shotgun I want to put in it, to hide it I just lay a beach towel over the top, but then I've got recarro bucket seats so reaching between the seats is no big deal, with the underfolder AK (or even a sidefolder which ya can get a conversion stock for your Mak90 for cheap if its stamped it will use a Romanian side folder) Ya can actually mount the rifle vertically right behind the back seat very easily as its total leangth is only 25" when folded. Again use a lockable mount bolted to the trucks floor, ya can fabricate one pretty easy, this is how the Norinco underfolder has been mounted in my sandrail for the last 6 years or so...... if ya have a welder just make a base for the folded stock to sit into and put some rubber in the bottom of it then weld a vertical bar the appropriate height to sit right under the front sight now weld a piece of angle iron to the vertical bar with the angle against the bar (ie; forming a "V" for the barrel to rest in) now cover the inside of the "V" with anything to pad it then a simple locking method is to simply drill a hole in both sides of the "V" so that a long shank padlock can be inserted through so that the bar on the pad lock pushes the barrel back against the padding in the "V" if ya want leave enough space to add a lil padding between the padlock and the barrel....

its easier to build than to explain the base is just a piece of 1/4" plate plate 5" x 5" smaller if your useing an AK as ya only need enough base to make a 2" tall "cup" for the butt make it by bending some 1/8"x2" flatstock into a shape that the guns butt will sit into then weld to the base plate I use 1/2" round stock (actually take and cut off an old jack handle for an old bumper jack, its hardened steel) to make the vertical bar this is welded to the base then the angle iron to the top of it....

Ya can also mount it horizontally by just adding a base plate to the round stock to be bolted to the floor of the truck, and with the ones I made I use a second piece of angle iron that matches the first instead of drilling the holes for a lock, the two angle irions encase the barrel with padding then a hinge is added to one side and a pair of flat plates with a padlock to the other side, a lil fancier than the first example but no rattles etc...

Ya can make em long enough to hold a shotgun or regular rifle horizonatally or like I said make em short enough to hold a folded AK vertically and in either case the gun is secured so ya don't end up being shot with your own gun by a car burglar.......

Another advantage of a folded AK, it can be stored UNDER a vehicle seat or even in a P/U bolted in a mount as described horizontally to the transmission tunnel between the front of the seat and the bottom of the dash board for very fast access easily concealed by throwing a coat over it etc... ya can also build one of those mounts with a long flange at each end long enough to bridge the trans tunnel with the rifle/shotgun mounted along the front of the front seat horizonatlally just put a flange at each end so the weapon bridges the trans tunnel, or even a single mounting plate bent to form of the trans tunnel then welded in the middle of the rod joining the two ends of the mount this can then be bolted to the trans tunnel with the weapon fully supported etc.. but nothing in a full power real rifle cartridge will mount in the compact spaces a side or underfolder AK can be mounted, the main thing is to be able to lock it so it doesn't get used against you if ya surprise a theif....
 
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I voted "other." My truck gun before I wore a badge, which was also before Texas had legal handgun CCW, was an Uzi Carbine. Then, as now, Texas law was very friendly toward long guns, loaded or not, concealed or not. Nowadays, those Uzis are not inexpensive! I like the Mini-14, but even those are not cheap these days. My general vehicle gun these days are .357 sixguns, and a Remington 870P. (My duty pistol is a SIG .40.) If I need to make the 870 smaller, I have a factory folding stock, which does not cause me pain when shooting. (I usually keep the factory wood stock in place.) The old-style Brenneke slugs enhance penetration of vehicles and other things, if that is desirable.
 
SKS with Tapco stock and the new, functional 20rnd Tapco detachable mag (yes it works, no it does not jam).

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Alternately, the masses are right....Rem 870 with police barrel is 2nd choice.
 
Get a Mini 14 Ranch Rifle in 223 and a couple of 20rd mags. The mini's iron sights are good enough out to 100yds if need and it's very easy to shoot.
 
Thanks dstorm and everyone else for your good ideas. That is a nice sks by the way. I took my mossberg with me today and it really was not too bad. When i left the truck i just had it in the back with the seats folded up. It did not really move too much when i was driving down the street or coming to quick stops. Another thing that worked pretty good was with the muzzle faced down in between the seats from the back. It never moved from there. My 870 m.e. will be taking the trip with me tomorrow.
I am still not going to be happy until i can buy another rifle. I know it!
 
Like the others, I agree a truck gun should be a rifle caliber weapon or shotty.

My truck gun is a Romanian M-44.
It works quite nicely in that role with a couple of boxes of ammo and a few stripper clips tucked away nearby to keep the LEO's happy.

Although, I have to admit, that pimped out SKS that S.P.E.C.T.R.E. has posted, now has me wanting something along that line.

I gotta quit coming here. You guys are costing me money.
 
I agree with going cheap for a truck gun. Don't waste money on a MINI-14. They are totaly overrated.


Get an SKS real cheap or a Lever .30-30 real cheap. Or heck even get an old WWII type of Rifle that you find in gun shows under 200 bucks. 8mm or .303british.

I have 2 Enfields, Jungle Carbine No.5 and a MKII No.4(T) :)
 
The Keltec.

Blah blah blah you need a rifle round. Rifles are great, have several. Shotguns are great, have a couple, really believe in them for HD. However both rifles and shotguns are large and tend to make people nervous. So unless the Apocalype has descended and you're doing the Mad Max thing, your long gun might as well be tethered to the car, because it will stay there, which means it won't be there when you need it. The Keltec fits in the average briefcase. It drops into a decent size knapsack. It can be slung fairly unobtrusively under a short jacket. I've carried one in a messenger bag throughout a major city just to see if it could be done, and it can. The Keltec can go a lot of places a SKS/AR/Super Hole Puncher 3000 can't go. And since only rounds/guns you have on your person when the shooting starts count, 30 rounds of actual 9mm beats 200 rounds of theoretical .223/7.62/12 gauge in the trunk.

Fine, it's not as powerful as a rifle round. It won't shoot through buildings, MBT armour, or blow off limbs. Simple solution; shoot them in the face. The vast majority of target the average person will ever potentially encounter will be soft, but on the off chance that you face a hard one, you can compensate for this deficiency by a technique known as "aiming". The point of a pistol caliber carbine is really increasing the accurate range of the round. I can keep shots in a 6" circle while emptying the 30 rounders of my Keltec as quickly as I can out to 50, 60 yards, and an 8" one out to around 90. Body armour or no, I should be able to put one somewhere squishy within 60 tries. And in peacetime, why am I engaging anything past 100 yards, especially away from the house?

Then there's simple logistics. As TCB in TN points out, since you can get it with a Glock grip, you've only got to deal with one ammo supply, and increased the redundancy of that ammo supply. With pistol and rifle/shotgun, worse case scenerio, you've fought your way back to the rifle... and it malfunctions. Congratulations, your 50 lbs of rifle/shotgun ammo are lovely paperweights, and you've worked through the two mags for the pistol getting there. With a matched pistol caliber carbine as long as you have one of your guns and any ammo left, you're still in the fight.

Is the Keltec the Ultimate Fighting Gun? No, anymore than a sand wedge is the Ultimate Golf Club. But it does fit some situations, and IMHO this is one of them.
 
Junyo, guess ya missed the part about him already carryin a Glock and was looking at the rifle in the truck as suplimentary huh???

Ya might wanna bla bla bla slow down a tad and actually go read what it is he is looking for he isn't wanting it to carry around in a messanger bag in a major cuty, he has his Glock for on his person and close range, the rifle is to remain in the truck in case he needs something with more punch........ ie for shootin through buildings and such........
 
Pistols are pistols

and rifles are rifles. So iffin' you want a truck rifle why consider pistol caliber carbines.

Others have mentioned the SKS and AK clones. My suggestion is an AK clone with a sidefolder, extended mag release and a couple 30 rounders.

Less $$ than the Berettta so you get a couple cases of ammo as well.

'Nuff said. :D
 
Neither of those are rifles. But if you really want commonality of ammo and mags, get the KelTec with the right grip to match your Glock.
 
Junyo, guess ya missed the part about him already carryin a Glock and was looking at the rifle in the truck as suplimentary huh???

Ya might wanna bla bla bla slow down a tad and actually go read what it is he is looking for he isn't wanting it to carry around in a messanger bag in a major cuty, he has his Glock for on his person and close range, the rifle is to remain in the truck in case he needs something with more punch........ ie for shootin through buildings and such........
Didn't miss it at all.
I am not planning on using it except for immediate threats that are close quarters.
Nope, no shooting through buildings, countersniping, or storming a beach. Nothing that requires a full on rifle, just something with more capability than his pistol.

Before you start correcting me, and make sure you're correct..
 
I live in the dessert so,I carry a mosin nagant and a 12 gauge winchester 12.
I recomend a mosin nagant or a sks for a trunk rifle cheap throw around trunk rifle.
 
Everyone needs to pick a truck gun to fit their own needs . Here are my thoughts.
I used to have a Kel tek and I was not impressed by the mushy trigger and worried about the reliability of all that plastic and the stock /reicever doesn't fit my face very well .
The SKS is pretty nice,cheep gun,reasonable ammo (not so much now as before,but still reasonable)reasonable power and fun to shoot . Importiant in my way of thinking is the ability to quickly load with a stripper clip . Don't like the factory sights due to old man eyes with bifocals but I have put a peep sight on mine .
I like the lever guns , again with my eyes I always mount a peep. I have a 30/30 which is good and I also have a marlin cowboy 44mag which is really to nice for a truck gun . What I really need is a beat up 357 ,45 or 44 that looks bad but runs good . Lever guns load kinda slow for them to qualify as a truck gun is some folks minds. My usual carry gun is a S&W 642 38 sp so the 357/38 lever gun looks good .
To the guys talking about spending money doing a chop job /refinish on a lever gun -Do whatever you choose but I would spend the same money on a used AR and be done with it.
While I am talking AR, This is my favorite gun ,all but perfect except I don't want to leave something that expensive in my truck. I wonder how cheep I could slease around and get a bunch of cheep used mongrel parts and slap them together into a beater gun for ?
 
I prefer an inexpensive bolt action rifle. Military surplus is fine. You can remove the bolt when you leave the truck. Otherwise it's incredibly easy for a thief to smash and grab or worse yet use it against you or someone else.
 
The Remington was not too bad today. I did actually drop it on the ground on accident when coming back home, so now there is a big scrape on the side. Guess i broke it in! I went to look at the kel-tec again and i thought about the face thing. My face does not fit it very well either. The Beretta was fine but of course no 9mm. I think for now i will probably stick with the 870 and hopefully look around for a new AK or SKS. Maybe even something else that might catch my fancy!
 
Pablo45, if your thinking bout the AK, the one to look at is onea the Century Yugo underfolders, I can't even build em for the price Century is sellin em for complete with brand new match grade barrel, The Yugos folding stock is much more comfortable than any others (I build these things for a living as well as NFA stuff) The only thing ya gotta watch with a Century built Yugo (or any gun) is the sights make sure they are installed straight as Century has a habit of canting them. The rest of the rifle is the same components we use in Custom builds, a 1.6 mm Nodak spuds reciever, the Yugo has a stainless bolt and bolt carrier, the new Barrel is USA made by Green mountain barrels, not chrome lined which doesn't mean anything unless your like me and have stockpiles of old Chinese military surplus ammo ya bought up in the 80s as ya can't get corrosivly primed 7.62x39 in the USA anymore otherwise and if ya did....... your gas system would still be subject to corrosion as well as bolt face if ya don't clean your guns properly etc...

The reason I suggest looking at one in the near future is that supplies will be running out in the next few months of them, Century stopped selling the parts sets to dealers about 5 months ago so they could use the remaining parts sets to build their own guns and due to the barrel ban being enforced by the BATF none of the importers are going to be importing anymore AK parts sets its just not cost effective for em, the Yugo's Century is selling are the last sets that had bad barrels so....... they just install a brand new US barrel...

Ya will notice a difference in accuracy right off the bat particularily in longer range shots, The heavier RPK front trunion and the thicker fully heat treated reciever really make for a solid rifle the Yugo's built em to be able to launch grenades, which brings us to a must have accesary a grenade launcher that screws on in place of the slant brake, I have a few original ones I use with my Yugo's which are about impossible to get now but I did find that FAC Supply has the USA copy for $30 or so they are alota fun if ya make your own dummy grenades outa tennis balls, I've gotten so I can hit a sitting jack rabbit easily at 100 yards out here in the desert, it won't kill em but sure surprises the h#ll outa em ;) Ya can find the Yugo's right now for around $425 my contacts at Century are guestimating the parts they have left will go for about 5 more months tops then ya can expect the price to jump dramatically as dealers cannot order more etc... Plus if the liberals get their new Assault weapons ban passed then the only way ya'll be able to get an underfolder or any of the other evil features is to either already have one or buy a "preban" which will be around 3 times the current price (based on the last AWB before it sunset) so anyway something to look at.....

Bout that scatter gun ya really do need to secure it, not only to prevent theft but also in the event of an accident the last thing ya want bouncin around inside the limited space of a P/U cab is a loaded 870 12 gauge!! or any gun for that matter but a scattergun barrel through the head would really suck....

If ya can't build onea the locking racks then ya might at least put an eyebolt on onea your seatbelt bolts in the floor (they are usually bolted behind the front seat) just take out the bolt if its a torqes bolt replace it with a hex and weld a steel ring to the top of it so ya can run a gun cable lock through it then through your trigger gaurd with the reciever inside of the cable lock loop, that will slow down a theif and will deffinetly keep the guns barrel from gettin pointed anywhere ya don't want it even in the event of a roll over.

Good luck and have FUN!!
 
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