What’s the most reliable gun in any situation

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A well maintained Glock 17, SIG P226 or Beretta 92 have quite a good history in this regard. Lots of actual use in real world crapholes.

I would argue the HK USP would be up there but they don’t have near the real world resume the above do.

Honestly just about any modern well maintained handgun should be pretty darn reliable and any of them will choke.
 
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A revolver is going to go down and probably hard in any harsh / muddy type environment IMO and I LOVE ME SOME REVOLVERS. They are just too exposed to the elements and have too many mechanical points of failure.
 
Hokkmike said:
One that YOU have shot a lot, are comfortable with, and is dependable and accurate. NOTHING beats experience and familiarity.
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I second this for the most part. Mechanically, the dependability you will have to find out for on your own...conduct your own maintenance and experiment with/utilize appropriate ammo for your gat piece.
One could recommend (insert make and model) and have it have the best reviews in the world, but still have a reliability issue depending on a series of factors.
Side note- How you shoot some recoil action pistols (like limp wristing) can cause reliability issues...although technically id classify that as a technique issue, not mechanical.
 
Well made pump shotguns are long on reliability.

Kalashnikov rifles have a reputation for running when dirty, when in poor condition and also when exposed to unfavorable conditions afield.

If I were going to bet on one or the other, I'd give a slight edge to the shotgun.
 
The smart alec answer is the one that shoots every time you pull the trigger......

I would like to think most modern semi auto pistols are reliable, for me if it came down to one gun it would be my ak. It just flat out works.
 
I feel like pump action shotguns are pretty reliable. Most don't see a lot of maintenance and have very few problems. My dad has a pump that probably hasn't been cleaned in 10+ years but hasn't jammed recently either. However, there are a lot of reliable guns, and any gun can fail. I would pick a pump action shotgun though.
 
The one that fires when you want it to.

I am old enough to see every type of firearm fail to function. More often that not there are two major causes, what the shooter tries to feed them or how they maintain them.

From “fixing” or “improving” things that don’t need to be messed with, to “over” maintenance and improper reassembled firearms. Lots of stuff is no fault except the person that is operating them.

Along those lines, the most reliable firearms I have seen are single shot break open, manual eject firearms that are not “user serviceable” as far as taking them apart to otherwise messing them up.
 
In 1967 I was assigned as initial cadre to Third Army NCO Academy Ft Benning. As armorer/supply clerk I was given 2 days to vet 150 M14 rifles. Rifles had been used for basic training and were beat to pieces. Storage for the winter had been in a building with multiple leaks. Every rifle, every magazine had at least some rust on it. I asked for and got a detail of almost done basic trainees, loaded rifles and magazines in a truck and headed for Sand Hill range. Supply Sgt had 15000 rds dropped at range. I had trainees load magazines with 10 rounds and bring me 5 rifles at a time. I ran a visual and function check then sent 10 rounds down range from each rifle. Not a single failure to fire. After initial check I had trainees climb in firing positions and we fired an additional 90 rounds through every rifle. We cleaned them the next day.
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150 beat up, rusted and in many cases dirty M14 rifles fired every time the trigger was pulled for a total of 15000 rounds. Never saw anything like it.

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Crawdad1 said:
A two triggered double barreled shotgun, two guns on one stock.
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Mine is an old Stevens 311. When I got it 30 years ago, it had fixed chokes, F & M. Took it to the gunsmith a couple of blocks away and he bored it out and put in screw-in tubes. A few years ago, I found out that I basically turned my Model 311 into a 511 by doing that as Savage had done the same thing.
 
I would say any gun with a lot of bells and wistles is going to be the most likely to fail. The more complex the gun is, the more possibilities there are for it to malfunction. while it might not be my first choice for battle, you really can't beat the loyalty of a single shot! But first choice for a survival rifle? Definitely.
 
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