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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Well, Hello gunfighters, Welcome to another episode of Gunfighter Life.
What are we gonna talk about today? The best three
all weight rifles on the market for survival. Does that
interest you, We'll stick around. Welcome to Gunfighter Life, the
podcast where we talk about guns, gun fighting, tactics, ballistics,
(00:20):
the right way, with All Mighty God at the center,
Judeo Christian values and real world firsthand experience. I am
blessed to be your host. Bio is in the show
notes the three all weight and survival. Like Peanut, Butter
and Jelly, I have already discussed because this is kind
(00:44):
of part three in a series, although I'm not so
vain as to think you listened to every single episode,
have already discussed the philosophy of why the three all
weight for survival? Or maybe why not the three awight
for survival? But if you're listening to this, you're probably
interested in the best three allweights for survival. Not that
it's the only caliber, not that it's the best caliber
for you for the end of the world as we
(01:05):
know it, but just a quick thing. I think there's
two parts to survival, and that is hunting, putting food
on the table, and protecting yourself and the ones that
you love, providing and protecting. I think that's your role
as a man. You should not shy away from that,
(01:27):
and the three A weight might be able to help
you do that. So what are some of the best
rifles on the market for that. I'm not going to
bury the lead numorrow. Who know that's number one? For
you guys, don't I'll blow the Spaniel number one. The
Scar seventeen. The Scar seventeen is a phenomenal rifle. It's
(01:51):
military proven, it's reliable. Mine sample size of one, and
one of the guys I work with also has one,
and he says it's is the accurate. But as far
as first hand, the one that I have is crazy accurate.
It's so accurate. If it was a precision bolt action rifle,
I would be happy with its accuracy. It's crazy accurate,
(02:13):
it's dependable, it's reliable, and it's not very heavy, seven
point seven pounds. It's legit. It's a freaking phenomenal rifle.
It is I think the best one for this if
fighting is in the equation, if fighting may be in
the equation, it's semi automatic, it's military proven, it's rugged,
(02:34):
it's reliable, it's a decent weight, it's three all eight.
The Scar seventeen now downsides, they're crazy expensive. I saved
up for a long time. I wanted one and wanted one,
and then I got a job. I was the commander
of a tactical team to stop back to shooters, and
I thought, instead of just wanting one, this is a
rifle that could potentially help save lives. I should spend
the money and get a good rifle. And I didn't.
(02:55):
I got the Scar seventeen, and I don't regret it.
Worth every penny. But if you don't have the penny,
you might be better off of something else in dreaming
about the gun that you can't have, or maybe you're
better off. There's a lot of other things in survival,
right do you have antibiotics? Do you have food store?
Do you have you know, all kinds of other stuff.
So a rifle is not the end all be all.
(03:18):
It's not like if you have a rifle, you're just
going to survive because you have a rifle. It doesn't
work like that. You have the coolest rifle in the
world and I have dysentery or starve to death. So
it's it, But it's the best. I think it is
the best three aerowaight rifle for survival if you are
talking about a battlefield weapon. Now, I don't know what
(03:41):
the future holds, right, I'm not like one of these
preppers that thinks I know exactly what the catastrophe is
going to be. I don't know. Nuclear war, an actual
pandemic that goes off a large portion of the population,
you know, the failure of the power grid. I don't
know what it's going to be. You know, I don't know.
Russian zombie North Korean paratroopers with trained chipmunks. I don't know.
(04:07):
But there are many situations where that would not be
the best choice. But if I'm just picking randomly with
no caveats, the best survival through it, I'm gonna pick
the Scar seventeen. Now. My second one is going to
be if the battlefield is a little bit less likely
in your scenario. It's a rifle that I was up
practicing with this morning, a rifle that I hunt with
(04:30):
quite a bit. It's one of the rifles that's a
truck gun for me that rides behind the seat of
the truck, and that is the Ruger Scout rifle. Now
I don't want to jump into a bunch on the
scout rifle concept that will anytime anybody talks about the
scout rifle, even people that know a lot more than
me about it or proclaim to be, you know, scout
(04:51):
rifle experts, there will be an uproar about what a
scout rifle is, what it isn't, But what it isn't.
It's not a sniper rifle, which a lot of people,
I think want to pretend that it is. It's not
a battlefield rifle. It's not meant to be a mainline
infantry weapon. A lot of people want to pretend that
it is. But it's a light, handy, fast handling, reliable
rifle with backup iron sights, generally thought of as a
(05:12):
scout rifle, generally thought of as a three o eight.
The Ruger scout rifle is I think the best choice
and maybe the second best choice for a survival rifle,
and better in certain circum certain circumstances for really really austere,
nasty environments. The the Scar seventeen is a phenomenally reliable rifle.
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I don't think it's going to be as reliable for
as long and as harsh a conditions as a Ruger
Scout rifle. The Ruger Scout rifle is a controlled round
feet based on the old Malser ninety eight action, which
is legendary, based on the pre sixty four Winchester, which
is legendary. It. You know, if you consider the extractor
(05:56):
like the claw on a bolt, which it basically is,
it grabs stuff. The nar you know, extractor is kind
of like a house cat's claw, a controlled round feed
like a pre sixty four Winchester, or the Ruger Scott
rifle is like a velociraptor claw. It's it's in its
(06:19):
own separate thing, right. It will grab and pull that
cartridge out of there when a lot of other extractors won't.
I like it, it's controlled round feed. I also liked
that it can be had in stainless steel. I shouldn't
have to justify to you why stainless steel is a
big deal for this application. It's also a manageable weight.
(06:40):
It is got a lot of going for it. Also,
unlike many both actions on the market today, sadly, it
actually still has backup iron sites. You could use it
with just iron sights, or you could put an optic
on it and use them as backup iron sights. But
I think I think any three to oz weight, not
any threeweight that you own that you hunt with, but
any three oh weight you want for a hard use
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tool for austere environments, it needs to have backup iron sights.
And if it doesn't, to me, it doesn't qualify. It
doesn't count, you know, it just doesn't. The Ruger Scout
rifle has that. So I think those two are your
best choices for three oh weights for survival. There are
other ones that may be as good, but something like
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the Robinson Arms. I don't have any experience with Robinson
Arms three oh eight. I've heard they're very good, but
even even the Scar seventeen is not common, but it's
it's it's a lot more common and able to get
parts in aftermarket stuff for than the Robinson. But I again,
that one may be good. I don't know about that
(07:45):
one firsthand. But let's talk about some other choices, some
other picks. If you don't have the money for a Scar,
you might look at the Ruger Sfar. I bought one
of these. I did a review for it for Patreon.
I think last year or the year before or I
bought one. I sold it because I have a SCAR,
the main reason I sold it. But the Ruger Sfar
(08:07):
is several times cheaper than the SCAR. It's a direct impingement.
You may or may not care about that. It has
a different operating system. The Scar seventeen is a piston
system like an AK forty seven. I don't want to
get too far into that, but I think a piston system,
a reliable, rugged one, is better than a direct impingement.
But you know, our military has been using di direct impingement.
(08:28):
I know technically the AR is not a direct impingement,
but that's what we call it. They've been using that
system for decades and decades and decades, and it works,
and it works in some pretty nasty environments. The Ruger
Sfar is even lighter than the Scar seventeen. It's light, handy,
and a three toer eight. It has a lot of
parts commonality with AR fifteen. It's not every part, but
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a lot of the parts are compatible with an AR.
It's a good rifle that would be like my second
pick if you didn't have the money or didn't want
the Scars seventeen. It is a phenomenal choice for that.
Another choice would be for that bolt action will be
the Stire Scout rifle. The Stire Scout rifle is awesome.
It's got some really cool features. It's a bit lighter,
(09:11):
you can carry an extra magazine in the stock, it
has backup iron sights. My issue with it is it's
not controlled round feet, so I don't know that I
would like it as much. It is a push feed.
It may be more accurate, you know the Ruger. You know,
(09:32):
Scout rifles are not known for being crazy accurate. I
think you're accurate enough for this, but the Stire Scout.
But it's more expensive than the Ruger. But that would
also be a really good choice. Another one I'm gonna
mention it would be in the more battle rifle type arena.
It's a heavy girl, but that would be the Galile.
(09:52):
The Galile is a modern Israeli take on the AK
forty seven. I would still consider it an AK. They
make them in a three weight. They're heavy, but they
you talk about rugged and reliable. It's maybe as rugged
and reliable as the as the SCAR. It's gonna be
quite a bit less expensive than the Scar. Still not cheap,
but a good a good system a good fighting rifle,
(10:17):
and it would certainly fit that niche. So that's gonna
be on there. If we go back to the manual
transmission guns, the guns you have to work yourself like
a bolt action. The sig Cross it looks very unconventional
as far as a bold action three away. It's a
very good gun. I also own one of these, and
(10:38):
it's a phenomenal, phenomenal gun. I gotta be honest, I
think they're kind of ugly, but BOYD does that thing perform.
It's accurate, it's reliable. It is a push feed, but
it does have an extractor more like an ar, so
it's a more dependable I would say extractor and many others.
It's a it's a very smooth operation. It's detachable box magazine.
(11:01):
It's a very light. I have the tracks version, which
is what I would recommend specifically for this, the sig
Cross tracks and three oh eight. It's light, it's reliable.
You can mount a scope on it. You can also
mount backup iron sights. It doesn't come with back of
iron sights, but just like most modern ars, you can
mount backup iron sights. It's very good, it's very modular.
(11:24):
It's stainless steel or aluminum. So it's a very good
choice for this, I think, and it would be a
very very good choice for a survival three oh eight.
They are also well known for their accuracy. What else
do we have on the list here? Again? I think
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that the lack of iron sights knocks most of the
modern rifles out of this. Either that or they're just
way too heavy and obese. We're not talking about ben rest,
We're not talking about prs. Those are about as practical
as a football bat. I'm talking about a practical rifle
with iron sights. It's a manageable weight. One of the
ones that comes to mind is the Savage hog Hunter.
(12:08):
These are good, fairly decent, and Savages also very much
known for accuracy. I don't know why they didn't make
this in stainless steel, but they didn't. It is a
push feed, it's not stainless steel, but it is a Savage.
I forget if it's based on the ten or the
one ten or the one to eleven, one of those family,
which is a been around a long time. They're known
(12:29):
for accuracy. They make it in a manageable you know
three o eight with iron sights, you can also. It
has a really good mounting system and common parts for mounting,
good optics, different triggers and stuff if you would want them.
It's a good, good option, very affordable, as many Savage
products are. The Savage hog Hunter another one kind of
(12:53):
a wild card. Doesn't really fit in many places, but
I'm gonna throw it in here. If you kind of
want to be the gray Man concept, and you wanted
to look like you had an old school hunting rifle,
but you wanted fast handling three oh eight, you might
look at the Remington seventy six hundred, the seven sixty,
(13:16):
maybe even this. I forget when they came out with
the model that it was in three eight. Most of
these are going to be in thirty six, which is
also not a bad caliber. We're talking about three oh weights.
They made the seven sixty in a three OZHO eight.
I think they also made the seven to sixty. I
believe it's p which is the police model. You may
look for that one also, But the Remington seven sixty,
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it's a kind of looks like a hunting shotgun, except
it's a rifle. Pump action, very fast. They you might
think they're not accurate, they actually have a good reputation
for being plenty accurate, So you could get a three
o eight detachable box magazine. It's not gonna be as
fast as a semi auto, but it's gonna be faster
than a bolt, and it's probably legal in all fifty states.
So that Remington seven sixty that's a really really good option.
(14:03):
Don't overlook that they're not highly coveted. So although they're
really good quality, old school, you know American Remington quality,
they don't command the premium that, say, like a pre
sixty four Winchester would. So they're a really good option.
Don't forget about those the next ones. Now, I'm not for,
(14:23):
you know, rolling the dice with your life just because
something's cool and esoteric and old military. I love military stuff.
I love military history, but coolness and military history is
not what's going to keep me alive. Practical rifles are.
But there are two that come to mind that are historical.
If you're into you know, military history, the old school stuff,
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if that's just your thing, there are a few options
that would not be the worst things in the world
to have for a three to zero eight survival rifle.
You might know the infields, the infields are legendary for
you know, working around the world, being a very fast
bolt action, for being a rugged military rifle. Most of
(15:04):
those are in three or three brit Some of those
are the nineteen seventeen and thirty all six. But for
today's discussion, there was one made for India. I don't
remember it's made in India or made for India, but
uh it was the Isshapor. The Ishuapar is an infield
in three oh eight. If you like the infield, you
like the history, you like the looks, then they have
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the Ishuapor, which is an infield in three oh eight.
They're not highly coveted. I don't think they are commanding
a premium as far as many of the other rifles
of their like a like a classic all Matching serial
number world War one or World War two Enfield would.
So you might look for the Ishipur infield in three
oh eight. The other one, the other one that I
(15:48):
recently became aware of. It came up in the Patreon chat.
I was like, I never even heard of that, And
then I saw one in a gun store the other
day and it was under one thousand bucks and it
was a Mauser a military mouser in three h eight,
but it was actually pretty handy and lightweight compared to a
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lot of military rifles of its era. Of like that
full powered Mauser type rifle, it's the Spanish f R eight.
Since I don't think they were using any big conflicts,
I don't know that they're really coveted among like true
military historians, unless they just are into collecting Mausers. I
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don't know that they're crazy expensive. The one that I
saw again under a thousand bucks. It was in real
good shape, but light handy. You know, the Mauser ninety
eight action is known for being crazy reliable. It's probably
some of those floating around that have been around over
one hundred years with no parts changes, that are still
running fine. I don't have any reason to believe that
these aren't very high quality Mausers as well. But the
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FR eight. The only issue is you may have a
hard time finding them. I may have. I've only ever
seen one of my entire life. It just will happened
to be the other day and one of the other
patrons in the chat said that they wanted one. They
were talking about it and had never even heard of it.
And then not long after that I saw one, but
I think they're very, very rare. But again, if you're
into the old military stuff, you want an old military
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rifle and you want one in three o eight, either
the Isshapur or the Fright would be a good choice. Obviously,
they're going to have good iron sights, and they're going
to be rugged and made for austere conditions. Anyway, with that, guys,
obviously there are probably plenty that I forgot. And if
I didn't mention your favorite meets the critia of being
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light and handy and having iron sights, well, let me know.
Let me know what it is. I appreciate you, guys.
I appreciate all that you do. Tactical Verse of the day,
just a classic. I know we've done it before. But
let he has no sword, sell his cloak and buy one.
Jesus said that let heho has no sword, sell his
(18:02):
cloak and buy one. Thanks for listening, and have a
blessed day.
Well, Hello gunfighters, Welcome to another episode of Gunfighter Life.
What are we gonna talk about today? The best three
all weight rifles on the market for survival. Does that
interest you, We'll stick around. Welcome to Gunfighter Life, the
podcast where we talk about guns, gun fighting, tactics, ballistics,
(00:20):
the right way, with All Mighty God at the center,
Judeo Christian values and real world firsthand experience. I am
blessed to be your host. Bio is in the show
notes the three all weight and survival. Like Peanut, Butter
and Jelly, I have already discussed because this is kind
(00:44):
of part three in a series, although I'm not so
vain as to think you listened to every single episode,
have already discussed the philosophy of why the three all
weight for survival? Or maybe why not the three awight
for survival? But if you're listening to this, you're probably
interested in the best three allweights for survival. Not that
it's the only caliber, not that it's the best caliber
for you for the end of the world as we
(01:05):
know it, but just a quick thing. I think there's
two parts to survival, and that is hunting, putting food
on the table, and protecting yourself and the ones that
you love, providing and protecting. I think that's your role
as a man. You should not shy away from that,
(01:27):
and the three A weight might be able to help
you do that. So what are some of the best
rifles on the market for that. I'm not going to
bury the lead numorrow. Who know that's number one? For
you guys, don't I'll blow the Spaniel number one. The
Scar seventeen. The Scar seventeen is a phenomenal rifle. It's
(01:51):
military proven, it's reliable. Mine sample size of one, and
one of the guys I work with also has one,
and he says it's is the accurate. But as far
as first hand, the one that I have is crazy accurate.
It's so accurate. If it was a precision bolt action rifle,
I would be happy with its accuracy. It's crazy accurate,
(02:13):
it's dependable, it's reliable, and it's not very heavy, seven
point seven pounds. It's legit. It's a freaking phenomenal rifle.
It is I think the best one for this if
fighting is in the equation, if fighting may be in
the equation, it's semi automatic, it's military proven, it's rugged,
(02:34):
it's reliable, it's a decent weight, it's three all eight.
The Scar seventeen now downsides, they're crazy expensive. I saved
up for a long time. I wanted one and wanted one,
and then I got a job. I was the commander
of a tactical team to stop back to shooters, and
I thought, instead of just wanting one, this is a
rifle that could potentially help save lives. I should spend
the money and get a good rifle. And I didn't.
(02:55):
I got the Scar seventeen, and I don't regret it.
Worth every penny. But if you don't have the penny,
you might be better off of something else in dreaming
about the gun that you can't have, or maybe you're
better off. There's a lot of other things in survival,
right do you have antibiotics? Do you have food store?
Do you have you know, all kinds of other stuff.
So a rifle is not the end all be all.
(03:18):
It's not like if you have a rifle, you're just
going to survive because you have a rifle. It doesn't
work like that. You have the coolest rifle in the
world and I have dysentery or starve to death. So
it's it, But it's the best. I think it is
the best three aerowaight rifle for survival if you are
talking about a battlefield weapon. Now, I don't know what
(03:41):
the future holds, right, I'm not like one of these
preppers that thinks I know exactly what the catastrophe is
going to be. I don't know. Nuclear war, an actual
pandemic that goes off a large portion of the population,
you know, the failure of the power grid. I don't
know what it's going to be. You know, I don't know.
Russian zombie North Korean paratroopers with trained chipmunks. I don't know.
(04:07):
But there are many situations where that would not be
the best choice. But if I'm just picking randomly with
no caveats, the best survival through it, I'm gonna pick
the Scar seventeen. Now. My second one is going to
be if the battlefield is a little bit less likely
in your scenario. It's a rifle that I was up
practicing with this morning, a rifle that I hunt with
(04:30):
quite a bit. It's one of the rifles that's a
truck gun for me that rides behind the seat of
the truck, and that is the Ruger Scout rifle. Now
I don't want to jump into a bunch on the
scout rifle concept that will anytime anybody talks about the
scout rifle, even people that know a lot more than
me about it or proclaim to be, you know, scout
(04:51):
rifle experts, there will be an uproar about what a
scout rifle is, what it isn't, But what it isn't.
It's not a sniper rifle, which a lot of people,
I think want to pretend that it is. It's not
a battlefield rifle. It's not meant to be a mainline
infantry weapon. A lot of people want to pretend that
it is. But it's a light, handy, fast handling, reliable
rifle with backup iron sights, generally thought of as a
(05:12):
scout rifle, generally thought of as a three o eight.
The Ruger scout rifle is I think the best choice
and maybe the second best choice for a survival rifle,
and better in certain circum certain circumstances for really really austere,
nasty environments. The the Scar seventeen is a phenomenally reliable rifle.
(05:32):
I don't think it's going to be as reliable for
as long and as harsh a conditions as a Ruger
Scout rifle. The Ruger Scout rifle is a controlled round
feet based on the old Malser ninety eight action, which
is legendary, based on the pre sixty four Winchester, which
is legendary. It. You know, if you consider the extractor
(05:56):
like the claw on a bolt, which it basically is,
it grabs stuff. The nar you know, extractor is kind
of like a house cat's claw, a controlled round feed
like a pre sixty four Winchester, or the Ruger Scott
rifle is like a velociraptor claw. It's it's in its
(06:19):
own separate thing, right. It will grab and pull that
cartridge out of there when a lot of other extractors won't.
I like it, it's controlled round feed. I also liked
that it can be had in stainless steel. I shouldn't
have to justify to you why stainless steel is a
big deal for this application. It's also a manageable weight.
(06:40):
It is got a lot of going for it. Also,
unlike many both actions on the market today, sadly, it
actually still has backup iron sites. You could use it
with just iron sights, or you could put an optic
on it and use them as backup iron sights. But
I think I think any three to oz weight, not
any threeweight that you own that you hunt with, but
any three oh weight you want for a hard use
(07:02):
tool for austere environments, it needs to have backup iron sights.
And if it doesn't, to me, it doesn't qualify. It
doesn't count, you know, it just doesn't. The Ruger Scout
rifle has that. So I think those two are your
best choices for three oh weights for survival. There are
other ones that may be as good, but something like
(07:24):
the Robinson Arms. I don't have any experience with Robinson
Arms three oh eight. I've heard they're very good, but
even even the Scar seventeen is not common, but it's
it's it's a lot more common and able to get
parts in aftermarket stuff for than the Robinson. But I again,
that one may be good. I don't know about that
(07:45):
one firsthand. But let's talk about some other choices, some
other picks. If you don't have the money for a Scar,
you might look at the Ruger Sfar. I bought one
of these. I did a review for it for Patreon.
I think last year or the year before or I
bought one. I sold it because I have a SCAR,
the main reason I sold it. But the Ruger Sfar
(08:07):
is several times cheaper than the SCAR. It's a direct impingement.
You may or may not care about that. It has
a different operating system. The Scar seventeen is a piston
system like an AK forty seven. I don't want to
get too far into that, but I think a piston system,
a reliable, rugged one, is better than a direct impingement.
But you know, our military has been using di direct impingement.
(08:28):
I know technically the AR is not a direct impingement,
but that's what we call it. They've been using that
system for decades and decades and decades, and it works,
and it works in some pretty nasty environments. The Ruger
Sfar is even lighter than the Scar seventeen. It's light, handy,
and a three toer eight. It has a lot of
parts commonality with AR fifteen. It's not every part, but
(08:51):
a lot of the parts are compatible with an AR.
It's a good rifle that would be like my second
pick if you didn't have the money or didn't want
the Scars seventeen. It is a phenomenal choice for that.
Another choice would be for that bolt action will be
the Stire Scout rifle. The Stire Scout rifle is awesome.
It's got some really cool features. It's a bit lighter,
(09:11):
you can carry an extra magazine in the stock, it
has backup iron sights. My issue with it is it's
not controlled round feet, so I don't know that I
would like it as much. It is a push feed.
It may be more accurate, you know the Ruger. You know,
(09:32):
Scout rifles are not known for being crazy accurate. I
think you're accurate enough for this, but the Stire Scout.
But it's more expensive than the Ruger. But that would
also be a really good choice. Another one I'm gonna
mention it would be in the more battle rifle type arena.
It's a heavy girl, but that would be the Galile.
(09:52):
The Galile is a modern Israeli take on the AK
forty seven. I would still consider it an AK. They
make them in a three weight. They're heavy, but they
you talk about rugged and reliable. It's maybe as rugged
and reliable as the as the SCAR. It's gonna be
quite a bit less expensive than the Scar. Still not cheap,
but a good a good system a good fighting rifle,
(10:17):
and it would certainly fit that niche. So that's gonna
be on there. If we go back to the manual
transmission guns, the guns you have to work yourself like
a bolt action. The sig Cross it looks very unconventional
as far as a bold action three away. It's a
very good gun. I also own one of these, and
(10:38):
it's a phenomenal, phenomenal gun. I gotta be honest, I
think they're kind of ugly, but BOYD does that thing perform.
It's accurate, it's reliable. It is a push feed, but
it does have an extractor more like an ar, so
it's a more dependable I would say extractor and many others.
It's a it's a very smooth operation. It's detachable box magazine.
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It's a very light. I have the tracks version, which
is what I would recommend specifically for this, the sig
Cross tracks and three oh eight. It's light, it's reliable.
You can mount a scope on it. You can also
mount backup iron sights. It doesn't come with back of
iron sights, but just like most modern ars, you can
mount backup iron sights. It's very good, it's very modular.
(11:24):
It's stainless steel or aluminum. So it's a very good
choice for this, I think, and it would be a
very very good choice for a survival three oh eight.
They are also well known for their accuracy. What else
do we have on the list here? Again? I think
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that the lack of iron sights knocks most of the
modern rifles out of this. Either that or they're just
way too heavy and obese. We're not talking about ben rest,
We're not talking about prs. Those are about as practical
as a football bat. I'm talking about a practical rifle
with iron sights. It's a manageable weight. One of the
ones that comes to mind is the Savage hog Hunter.
(12:08):
These are good, fairly decent, and Savages also very much
known for accuracy. I don't know why they didn't make
this in stainless steel, but they didn't. It is a
push feed, it's not stainless steel, but it is a Savage.
I forget if it's based on the ten or the
one ten or the one to eleven, one of those family,
which is a been around a long time. They're known
(12:29):
for accuracy. They make it in a manageable you know
three o eight with iron sights, you can also. It
has a really good mounting system and common parts for mounting,
good optics, different triggers and stuff if you would want them.
It's a good, good option, very affordable, as many Savage
products are. The Savage hog Hunter another one kind of
(12:53):
a wild card. Doesn't really fit in many places, but
I'm gonna throw it in here. If you kind of
want to be the gray Man concept, and you wanted
to look like you had an old school hunting rifle,
but you wanted fast handling three oh eight, you might
look at the Remington seventy six hundred, the seven sixty,
(13:16):
maybe even this. I forget when they came out with
the model that it was in three eight. Most of
these are going to be in thirty six, which is
also not a bad caliber. We're talking about three oh weights.
They made the seven sixty in a three OZHO eight.
I think they also made the seven to sixty. I
believe it's p which is the police model. You may
look for that one also, But the Remington seven sixty,
(13:39):
it's a kind of looks like a hunting shotgun, except
it's a rifle. Pump action, very fast. They you might
think they're not accurate, they actually have a good reputation
for being plenty accurate, So you could get a three
o eight detachable box magazine. It's not gonna be as
fast as a semi auto, but it's gonna be faster
than a bolt, and it's probably legal in all fifty states.
So that Remington seven sixty that's a really really good option.
(14:03):
Don't overlook that they're not highly coveted. So although they're
really good quality, old school, you know American Remington quality,
they don't command the premium that, say, like a pre
sixty four Winchester would. So they're a really good option.
Don't forget about those the next ones. Now, I'm not for,
(14:23):
you know, rolling the dice with your life just because
something's cool and esoteric and old military. I love military stuff.
I love military history, but coolness and military history is
not what's going to keep me alive. Practical rifles are.
But there are two that come to mind that are historical.
If you're into you know, military history, the old school stuff,
(14:44):
if that's just your thing, there are a few options
that would not be the worst things in the world
to have for a three to zero eight survival rifle.
You might know the infields, the infields are legendary for
you know, working around the world, being a very fast
bolt action, for being a rugged military rifle. Most of
(15:04):
those are in three or three brit Some of those
are the nineteen seventeen and thirty all six. But for
today's discussion, there was one made for India. I don't
remember it's made in India or made for India, but
uh it was the Isshapor. The Ishuapar is an infield
in three oh eight. If you like the infield, you
like the history, you like the looks, then they have
(15:27):
the Ishuapor, which is an infield in three oh eight.
They're not highly coveted. I don't think they are commanding
a premium as far as many of the other rifles
of their like a like a classic all Matching serial
number world War one or World War two Enfield would.
So you might look for the Ishipur infield in three
oh eight. The other one, the other one that I
(15:48):
recently became aware of. It came up in the Patreon chat.
I was like, I never even heard of that, And
then I saw one in a gun store the other
day and it was under one thousand bucks and it
was a Mauser a military mouser in three h eight,
but it was actually pretty handy and lightweight compared to a
(16:09):
lot of military rifles of its era. Of like that
full powered Mauser type rifle, it's the Spanish f R eight.
Since I don't think they were using any big conflicts,
I don't know that they're really coveted among like true
military historians, unless they just are into collecting Mausers. I
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don't know that they're crazy expensive. The one that I
saw again under a thousand bucks. It was in real
good shape, but light handy. You know, the Mauser ninety
eight action is known for being crazy reliable. It's probably
some of those floating around that have been around over
one hundred years with no parts changes, that are still
running fine. I don't have any reason to believe that
these aren't very high quality Mausers as well. But the
(16:55):
FR eight. The only issue is you may have a
hard time finding them. I may have. I've only ever
seen one of my entire life. It just will happened
to be the other day and one of the other
patrons in the chat said that they wanted one. They
were talking about it and had never even heard of it.
And then not long after that I saw one, but
I think they're very, very rare. But again, if you're
into the old military stuff, you want an old military
(17:17):
rifle and you want one in three o eight, either
the Isshapur or the Fright would be a good choice. Obviously,
they're going to have good iron sights, and they're going
to be rugged and made for austere conditions. Anyway, with that, guys,
obviously there are probably plenty that I forgot. And if
I didn't mention your favorite meets the critia of being
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light and handy and having iron sights, well, let me know.
Let me know what it is. I appreciate you, guys.
I appreciate all that you do. Tactical Verse of the day,
just a classic. I know we've done it before. But
let he has no sword, sell his cloak and buy one.
Jesus said that let heho has no sword, sell his
(18:02):
cloak and buy one. Thanks for listening, and have a
blessed day.
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