Fosbery
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What rifle would you reccomend for someone living in the UK as an SHTF rifle. By SHTF I mean riots, invasion, government murder camps etc.
UK legal means it must not be one of the following:
So you can have bolt action, straight pull, lever action and single shot. You can also have pump action rifles where the pistol grip is pumped as opposed to the foregrip. Shotguns are also legal of course, as long as they have a barrel which is no less than 24 inches in length. But remember, a rifled barrel turns it into a rifle (so no self-loading or pump action allowed if you rifle it). There are no restrictions on magazine size, colour, stock type or grip type.
I was thinking perhaps a straight-pull AR, an Armalon PR or a Parker Hale M85? A Marlin 1894C or any good pump of auto shotgun would be a great riot gun but not soo good for fighting invading troops or government death squads.
UK legal means it must not be one of the following:
(a) Any firearm which is so designed or adapted that two or more missiles can be successively discharged without repeated pressure on the trigger.
(b) Any self loading or pump action rifle other than one chambered for .22 rimfire cartridges.
(e) Firearms disguised as other objects; walking stick/umbrella guns, pen pistols. See note (1) below.
(f) Incendiary or armour piercing ammunition for military use. See note (1) below.
(g) Any missile which is designed, or has been, in any of the above ammunition. See note (1) below.
(h) Expanding ammunition chambered for pistols and revolvers only. See note(2) below.
(i) Handguns, defined as having a barrel length of less than 30cm or is less than 60cm overall. There are exemptions if it is a trophy of war, of historic interest, used for starting races, humane killing or signalling as well as smooth bore pistols chambered for .410 and 9mm cartridges.
So you can have bolt action, straight pull, lever action and single shot. You can also have pump action rifles where the pistol grip is pumped as opposed to the foregrip. Shotguns are also legal of course, as long as they have a barrel which is no less than 24 inches in length. But remember, a rifled barrel turns it into a rifle (so no self-loading or pump action allowed if you rifle it). There are no restrictions on magazine size, colour, stock type or grip type.
I was thinking perhaps a straight-pull AR, an Armalon PR or a Parker Hale M85? A Marlin 1894C or any good pump of auto shotgun would be a great riot gun but not soo good for fighting invading troops or government death squads.